3.2% ▼ -9.9%
Lower than 89% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 3.2%
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.
Much higher rates of employment than most areas define Remote Australia, where 65% of adults are working or looking for work. Full-time roles are especially common, though this has dipped slightly over the last decade. The region maintains a strong workforce with an unemployment rate of 3.2%, which is a little below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well above the national figure at 67.7%, although this is 3.7 percentage points lower than it was in 2011. Overall, 65% of adults are working or looking for work, a rate that is much higher than in most other areas.
65.0% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 88% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 66.7%
- 2016: 65.4%
- 2021: 65.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.7% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 83% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 71.5%
- 2016: 69.0%
- 2021: 67.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the most common industry at 13.2%, followed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.5%. Health care and social assistance (9.7%) and education and training (8.7%) also employ significant portions of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 18.2%, alongside managers at 18.1%. Professionals (14%), labourers (11%) and clerical and administrative staff (10.8%) are also prominent roles across the region.
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/RA53/remote-australia/topic/employment