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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.

A high rate of employment shapes daily life in Outer Regional Australia, where 69.7% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time work is especially common here, though the proportion of full-time employees has fallen slightly since 2011.

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📍 Outer Regional Australia, Remoteness Area

Where Outer Regional Australia sits — Unemployment rate

4.0% ▲ +11.9%

All remoteness area areas, 2021. The marker is Outer Regional Australia — lower than 76% of areas.

Outer Regional Australia4.0%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Full-time employment is much higher than in most similar areas, sitting at 68.5%, which is well above the Australian average. This strong job market is reflected in an unemployment rate of 4.0%, a figure that is a little below the national 5.1%.

Unemployment rate

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4.0% ▲ +11.9%

Lower than 76% of remoteness area areas.

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

Labour-force participation

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69.7% ▲ +1.4%

Higher than 99% of remoteness area areas.

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

Employed full-time

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68.5% ▼ -4.9%

Higher than 86% of remoteness area areas.

Share of employed people who worked full-time.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Public administration and safety is the biggest employer at 18.7%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.6%. Other common industries include construction, education, and hospitality.

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 21.7%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers, technicians and trades people, and clerical staff.

Occupations people work in

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No single group dominates in Outer Regional Australia — Professionals leads at 22%, ahead of Community & personal service (15%) and Technicians & trades (15%).

Professionals 21.7% Community & personal service 14.7% Technicians & trades 14.5% Clerical & administrative 14.2% Managers 13.0% Labourers 7.8% Sales workers 7.0% Machinery operators & drivers 5.4%

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/RA72/outer-regional-australia/topic/employment