5.1% ▲ +162.6%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 5.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wagait · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Wagait
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Wagait than in the rest of the Northern Territory. Only 54.7% of adults are in the labour force, a figure well below both the state and national averages. This gap reflects a local workforce that is significantly smaller than in typical Australian areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The share of adults working or looking for work has fallen by 9.3 points since 2011. Full-time employment is about the same as the national figure at 59.1%, while the unemployment rate has risen to 5.1% since 2011.
54.7% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 64.0%
- 2016: 64.8%
- 2021: 54.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.1% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 61.8%
- 2016: 67.1%
- 2021: 59.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Public administration and safety is the most common industry for locals, accounting for 20.4% of jobs. Health care and social assistance follow at 10.2%, with retail trade making up 9.7% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 23.1%. Clerical and administrative roles account for 17.7%, while managers and technicians and trades both stand at 16.1%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Wagait [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA74560/wagait/topic/employment