11.8% ▲ +81.0%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 11.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Dundee Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Dundee Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 34% of adults are working or looking for work in Dundee Beach, which is far below the figures for the Northern Territory and Australia. This gap is most visible in the unemployment rate, which is among the highest at this level at 11.8%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is much less common here than in most areas, with only 50% of the population employed full-time. This is far below the Northern Territory figure of 68.7%.
34.0% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.5%
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.0% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.6%
- 2016: 48.5%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the most common industry for local workers at 20.5%, followed by accommodation and food services at 15.4% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly 30% of residents work as managers, while technicians and trades people make up 23.1% 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 Dundee Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70081/dundee-beach/topic/employment