3.2% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Nightcliff · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Nightcliff
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of adults in Nightcliff are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the Territory. This active workforce sees 74.1% of adults engaged in the labour market, which is far above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The area has an unemployment rate of 3.2%, which is a little below both the state and national figures. Full-time employment sits at 65.4%, placing Nightcliff well above the Australian average.
74.1% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.0%
- 2016: 70.3%
- 2021: 74.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.4% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.6%
- 2016: 69.4%
- 2021: 65.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here at 22.2%, followed by public administration and safety at 16.9%. Education and training accounts for 9.3% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 34.8%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 14.9% and managers at 11.5%.
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 Nightcliff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70210/nightcliff/topic/employment