Katherine · Sub-region (SA3)

Jobs & Industry in Katherine

Name: Jobs & Industry in Katherine — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

A high 71.6% of the workforce in Katherine is employed full-time, which is far above the national figure. While full-time work is common for those employed, fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to most other areas. This shift is part of a wider trend, as the share of adults in the labour force has fallen since 2011.

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📍 Katherine, Sub-region (SA3)

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

The share of adults working or looking for work is 49.5%, which is far below the national and Territory figures. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is 8.1%, well above the Australian average of 5.1%.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Public administration and safety is the biggest employer at 19.8%, followed by health care and social assistance at 15.1%. Education and training accounts for 12.4% of jobs, while agriculture, forestry and fishing makes up 10.0%.

Industries people work in

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Katherine splits fairly evenly between Public administration & safety (21%) and Health care & social assistance (16%), with Education & training at 13%.

Public administration & safety 19.8% Health care & social assistance 15.1% Education & training 12.4% Agriculture, forestry & fishing 10.0% Construction 7.6% Retail trade 5.9% Accommodation & food 4.9% Other services 3.8% Administrative & support 3.1% Transport & warehousing 2.7%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.1%, with community and personal service workers following at 18.0%. Technicians and trades workers represent 13.8% of the workforce, while managers account for 13.3%.

Occupations people work in

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Katherine splits fairly evenly between Professionals (20%) and Community & personal service (18%), with Technicians & trades at 14%.

Professionals 19.1% Community & personal service 18.0% Technicians & trades 13.8% Managers 13.3% Labourers 12.1% Clerical & administrative 10.9% Machinery operators & drivers 5.4% Sales workers 4.8%

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 Katherine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/70205/katherine/topic/employment

Katherine	8.1%
Rest of NT	8.9%
Northern Territory	5.6%
Australia	5.1%

Where Katherine sits — Unemployment rate