51.7% ▲ +354.8%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 51.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kaltjiti (Fregon) · Urban Centre
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A stark gap between employment and job seeking defines daily life in Kaltjiti (Fregon) (L). While full-time work has surged to 73.7%, the unemployment rate is now 51.7%, which is far above the national figure.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 43% of adults are working or looking for work, which is much lower than most areas. While full-time employment rose 26 points since 2011, unemployment also climbed sharply by 40 points over that decade.
51.7% ▲ +354.8%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
43.0% ▲ +8.5%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
73.7% ▲ +55.3%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Jobs are spread across several sectors, with the largest shares in education and training at 28.9% and other services at 26.3%. Retail trade and agriculture, forestry and fishing each account for 13.2% of the workforce.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Management and community and personal service roles are the most common at 26.3% each. Technicians and trades make up 23.7% of occupations, followed by labourers at 18.4% and professionals at 13.2%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Kaltjiti (Fregon) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422024/kaltjiti/topic/employment