1.6% ▲ +70.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Desert Springs · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Desert Springs
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A very high workforce participation rate of 79.9% defines the daily life of Desert Springs. This is far above both the Northern Territory and national figures, meaning a huge majority of adults here are working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Employment is strong here, with a very low unemployment rate of 1.6%, which is well below the Northern Territory's 5.6%. Full-time work is common for 71.7% of the workforce, a figure far above the national average.
79.9% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 79.3%
- 2016: 74.8%
- 2021: 79.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
71.7% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.9%
- 2016: 79.3%
- 2021: 71.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Public administration and safety is the most common industry at 20.5%, followed closely by health care and social assistance at 19.6%. Education and training also employs a significant 10% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 27.9%, followed by managers at 17.8%. Community and personal service roles account for another 15.5% of jobs in the area.
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 Desert Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70078/desert-springs/topic/employment