8.6% ▼ -27.6%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 8.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Daly · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Jobs & Industry in Daly
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Daly compared to the rest of the territory. Only 37.9% of adults are in the labour force, a figure that has fallen by 19 percentage points since 2011. While full-time employment is about the same as the national figure, the area struggles with a high unemployment rate of 8.6%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The share of adults working or looking for work is among the lowest for similar areas and sits far below the Northern Territory's 61.7%. Full-time employment has fallen to 59.9% since 2011, while the unemployment rate remains a little above the territory average at 8.6%.
37.9% ▼ -33.6%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 57.0%
- 2016: 49.2%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.9% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 65.7%
- 2016: 66.3%
- 2021: 59.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry here, employing 18.5% of the workforce. Education and training follows at 16.3%, with public administration and safety accounting for a further 12.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common occupation at 18.3%, followed closely by managers at 16.9% and professionals at 15.7%. Community and personal service workers make up 15.3% 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 Daly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702031058/daly/topic/employment