3.9% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 80% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Outer Regional Australia · Remoteness Area
Jobs & Industry in Outer Regional Australia
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower unemployment rate than most similar areas defines the job market in Outer Regional Australia. While the 3.9% unemployment rate is a little below the national figure, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is well below the Australian average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.6% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that fell since 2011 and remains well below the national 61.1%. Full-time employment also dropped 3.2 percentage points over a decade to 56.5%, which is lower than most areas.
54.6% ▼ -3.2%
Lower than 57% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 56.4%
- 2016: 53.7%
- 2021: 54.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.5% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 68% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 59.8%
- 2016: 57.8%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer at 17.0%, followed by health care and social assistance at 14.3%. Retail trade, construction and education also make up significant shares of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common role at 19.6%, with professionals (14.8%) and labourers (14.1%) following closely. Technicians, trades and community service workers also make up a large part of the local workforce.
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 Outer Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA22/outer-regional-australia/topic/employment