5.0% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 56% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 5.0%
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.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Outer Regional Australia than in 2011, falling to 54.5%. This decline defines the local job market, which now sits well below the national figure of 61.1%. While employment has dipped, the unemployment rate remains stable at 5.0%, matching the national trend.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment has fallen 2.2 percentage points since 2011 to reach 57.5%, which is a little below the Australian average of 58.9%. This is part of a broader trend where the proportion of adults working or looking for work has dropped to 54.5%, a figure much lower than most other areas.
54.5% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 58% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 57.2%
- 2016: 53.9%
- 2021: 54.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.5% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 57% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 58.3%
- 2021: 57.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer at 14.9%, followed closely by health care and social assistance at 13.8%. Other common industries include retail trade at 9.7% and manufacturing at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 16.6%, while labourers account for 15.1%. Technicians and tradespeople follow at 13.8%, with professionals and community service workers both around 12%.
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/RA42/outer-regional-australia/topic/employment