36.3% ▲ +79.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 36.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Maningrida · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Maningrida
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Very few adults are working or looking for work in Maningrida compared to similar areas, with only 33.7% in the labour force. This is far below the Northern Territory figure of 61.7%, and the community faces a very high unemployment rate of 36.3%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While full-time work for 58.5% of workers is about the same as the national figure, the overall number of adults working or looking for work is among the lowest for its level.
33.7% ▼ -31.1%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.9%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.5% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.8%
- 2016: 67.8%
- 2021: 58.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is heavily concentrated in the public sector, with 35.9% of people working in health care and social assistance and 23.7% in education and training.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is largely made up of professionals and community and personal service workers, who together account for over half of all occupations.
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 Maningrida [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70172/maningrida/topic/employment