4.5% ▼ -38.9%
Lower than 66% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Very Remote Australia · Remoteness Area
Jobs & Industry in Very Remote Australia
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 11 percentage points separates the workforce rate in Very Remote Australia from the national figure. While far fewer adults are working or looking for work here, those who are employed are much more likely to have full-time roles than people across the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 50.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Australian figure of 61.1% and has fallen 7.1 points since 2011. However, full-time employment is much higher than most areas at 68.4%, while the unemployment rate has dropped to 4.5%.
50.4% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 71% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 49.6%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
68.4% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 86% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 69.1%
- 2016: 70.7%
- 2021: 68.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the largest employer at 24.4%. Other common industries include public administration and safety at 13.1%, and education and training at 13.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 27.5%. Labourers follow at 14.2%, with professionals at 13.6% and community and personal service workers at 13.5%.
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 Very Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA14/very-remote-australia/topic/employment