5.0% ▲ +40.6%
Lower than 57% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 5.0%
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.
More than 71% of workers in Very Remote Australia hold full-time roles, a figure far above the national average. This region relies heavily on a few key sectors, though the proportion of adults working or looking for work has dropped since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The share of adults working or looking for work is 54.6%, which is well below the national figure. While full-time employment is very high at 71.2%, this has fallen by 4.4 points since 2011.
54.6% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 57% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 61.9%
- 2016: 61.1%
- 2021: 54.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
71.2% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 88% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 75.6%
- 2016: 76.0%
- 2021: 71.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the dominant industry here, employing 25.8% of the workforce. Other common sectors include education and training at 9.1% and health care and social assistance at 8.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades people make up the largest group of workers at 18.5%. They are followed by machinery operators and drivers at 16.3% and professionals at 13.8%.
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 Very Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA54/very-remote-australia/topic/employment