0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tanami · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tanami
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Mining is the dominant industry for workers in Tanami, employing two-thirds of the workforce. While full-time employment is far above the national figure, only about half of the adults here are working or looking for work. This creates a unique job market where those employed are overwhelmingly in secure, full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is common here at 70.8%, which is far above the Australian figure. However, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is much lower than most areas at 50.7%, yet the unemployment rate is well below the national average at 0.0%.
50.7% ▼ -41.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 86.1%
- 2016: 76.6%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
70.8% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 88.6%
- 2016: 65.4%
- 2021: 70.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining drives the local economy, employing 66.7% of people, followed by construction at 15.3% and accommodation and food services at 6.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Most workers are in hands-on roles, with machinery operators and drivers making up 43.1% of the workforce, alongside technicians and trades at 36.1% and labourers at 18.1%.
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 Tanami [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70248/tanami/topic/employment