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Inner Regional Australia · Remoteness Area

Jobs & Industry in Inner Regional Australia

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Health care and social assistance is the largest employer in Inner Regional Australia, where 12.1% of the workforce is employed. This area has a strong employment record, with an unemployment rate of 4.4% which is lower than most similar regions.

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📍 Inner Regional Australia, Remoteness Area

Where Inner Regional Australia sits — Unemployment rate

4.4% ▼ -8.4%

All remoteness area areas, 2021. The marker is Inner Regional Australia — lower than 68% of areas.

Inner Regional Australia4.4%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

About 58.8% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that is higher than most areas but has fallen by 2.5 percentage points since 2011. Full-time employment has also dipped, falling 3.6 points over the last decade to 57.0%.

Unemployment rate

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4.4% ▼ -8.4%

Lower than 68% of remoteness area areas.

Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).

Labour-force participation

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58.8% ▼ -4.0%

Higher than 65% of remoteness area areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.

Employed full-time

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57.0% ▼ -5.9%

Lower than 62% of remoteness area areas.

Share of employed people who worked full-time.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

The workforce is led by health care and social assistance at 12.1%, followed by construction at 10.6% and retail trade at 9.2%. Mining and education also play significant roles, employing 8.5% and 8.1% of people respectively.

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 18.6%, with professionals following at 14.9%. Other common roles include labourers at 12.7%, managers at 11.9% and community and personal service workers at 11.6%.

Occupations people work in

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Inner Regional Australia splits fairly evenly between Technicians & trades (19%) and Professionals (15%), with Labourers at 13%.

Technicians & trades 18.6% Professionals 14.9% Labourers 12.7% Managers 11.9% Community & personal service 11.6% Clerical & administrative 10.6% Machinery operators & drivers 9.9% Sales workers 8.1%

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 Inner Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA51/inner-regional-australia/topic/employment