3.8% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 86% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Remote Australia · Remoteness Area
Jobs & Industry in Remote Australia
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Remote Australia than in 2011, but the unemployment rate has fallen to 3.8%. This area is now a stronghold for full-time employment, with 67.4% of the workforce in full-time roles, which is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is much more common here than in most similar areas, though it fell slightly to 67.4% since 2011. Meanwhile, 55.5% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that is well below the 61.1% national average.
55.5% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 53% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 60.4%
- 2016: 56.2%
- 2021: 55.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.4% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 82% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 69.4%
- 2016: 67.0%
- 2021: 67.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry, employing 34.0% of the workforce. Other major employers include education and training at 10.1%, and health care and social assistance at 8.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 28.9%. Other common roles include labourers (14.1%), professionals (11.4%), and machinery operators and drivers (10.3%).
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 Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA13/remote-australia/topic/employment