5.8% ▲ —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ghan · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ghan
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Ghan than in the rest of the country. Full-time employment is especially strong here, with 85.2% of the workforce in permanent full-time roles. This is 26 percentage points above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 76.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the Northern Territory's 61.7%. While employment is high, the unemployment rate of 5.8% is much higher than most similar areas.
76.8% ▲ +79.2%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.9%
- 2016: 52.9%
- 2021: 76.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
85.2% ▲ +49.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.1%
- 2016: 79.6%
- 2021: 85.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Over half the workforce is employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing, at 55.6%. Retail trade and accommodation and food services also make up a large part of the local economy, at 17.3% and 16.0% respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common workers at 32.1%, followed by labourers at 25.9%. Community and personal service workers make up 14.8% 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 Ghan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70108/ghan/topic/employment