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Jobs & Industry in Not in any Significant Urban Area

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Not in any Significant Urban Area (NT) than in 2011, with the rate falling by 9.2 percentage points to 45.6%. This remote region is now defined by a stark contrast between a high unemployment rate of 10.5% and a strong proportion of full-time workers for those who are employed.

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Where Not in any Significant Urban Area sits — Unemployment rate

10.5% ▲ +13.3%

All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Not in any Significant Urban Area — higher than 99% of areas.

Not in any Significant Urban Area10.5%
0852, NT 15.3%
Northern Territory 5.6%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Full-time employment is high at 67.8%, which is well above the national figure of 58.9%. However, unemployment is also much higher than the rest of the Territory and Australia, rising to 10.5% since 2011.

Unemployment rate

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10.5% ▲ +13.3%

Higher than 99% of urban area areas.

Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).

Labour-force participation

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45.6% ▼ -16.8%

Lower than 94% of urban area areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.

Employed full-time

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67.8% ▲ +2.1%

Higher than 93% of urban area areas.

Share of employed people who worked full-time.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Public administration and safety is the most common employer at 16.0%, followed by health care and social assistance at 12.6% and education and training at 12.0%.

Industries people work in

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Not in any Significant Urban Area splits fairly evenly between Public administration & safety (17%) and Health care & social assistance (13%), with Education & training at 13%.

Public administration & safety 16.0% Health care & social assistance 12.6% Education & training 12.0% Construction 8.3% Agriculture, forestry & fishing 7.4% Accommodation & food 6.6% Retail trade 6.5% Mining 4.8% Other services 3.8% Transport & warehousing 3.4%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professional roles are the most typical occupation at 19.0%, while community and personal service workers make up 16.1% of the workforce.

Occupations people work in

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Not in any Significant Urban Area splits fairly evenly between Professionals (20%) and Community & personal service (17%), with Technicians & trades at 15%.

Professionals 19.0% Community & personal service 16.1% Technicians & trades 14.2% Managers 13.7% Labourers 11.6% Clerical & administrative 11.1% Machinery operators & drivers 6.4% Sales workers 5.0%

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 Not in any Significant Urban Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/7000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/employment