5.5% ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 60% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 5.5%
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 other areas, with full-time employment falling 3.2 percentage points since 2011. This region now has a lower workforce involvement rate than the national figure. While unemployment has dropped to 5.5%, it remains higher than in most similar regions.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 53.6%, which is well below the Australian figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas at 54.3%, reflecting a downward trend over the last decade.
53.6% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 61% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 54.8%
- 2016: 51.9%
- 2021: 53.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.3% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 78% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 55.3%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here at 14.6%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 10.6%. Other major employers include retail trade at 9.3% and construction at 9.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 15.3%. Professionals follow closely at 14.7%, while labourers and managers each account for about 14% of the local 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 Outer Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA62/outer-regional-australia/topic/employment