5.2% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 51% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 5.2%
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.
A gap of 11 percentage points separates Remote Australia from the national figure for adults working or looking for work. Only 50.5% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the Australian average. This reflects a region where employment patterns differ significantly from the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Fewer than half of adults are employed full-time at 56.7%, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and remains a little below the national average. The unemployment rate is 5.2%, which is about the same as the figure for Australia.
50.5% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 71% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 53.5%
- 2016: 49.1%
- 2021: 50.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.7% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 65% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 58.3%
- 2016: 53.5%
- 2021: 56.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry, employing 41.3% of the workforce. Other major sectors include health care and social assistance at 12.8% and education and training at 8.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 35.6%. Other common roles include labourers at 13.3% and professionals at 11.8%.
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/RA23/remote-australia/topic/employment