8.1% ▲ +52.0%
Higher than 73% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 8.1%
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.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer in Very Remote Australia, where 19.6% of the workforce is found in these fields. While full-time work is more common here than in most other areas, the overall number of adults working or looking for work is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.1% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and is well below the Australian average. Unemployment is much higher than in most areas, rising to 8.1% over the last decade.
54.1% ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 59% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 61.8%
- 2016: 55.5%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.6% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 59% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 65.7%
- 2016: 63.3%
- 2021: 60.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Nearly one in five people work in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Other common industries include health care and social assistance at 12.3%, and education and training at 11.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common job role at 20.7%, followed by professionals at 15.6% and labourers at 14.7%. Community and personal service workers make up 13.1% of the 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 Very Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA44/very-remote-australia/topic/employment