32.5% ▲ +169.1%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 32.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Galiwinku · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Galiwinku
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A massive 27 percentage point gap separates Galiwinku from the state and national unemployment rates. While 60% of the workforce is employed full-time, far fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country. This reflects a challenging local job market where unemployment has climbed sharply in recent years.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 38.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This is accompanied by a very high unemployment rate of 32.5%, a figure that rose 20 points since 2011.
38.1% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 46.0%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 38.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.0% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 64.4%
- 2016: 51.8%
- 2021: 60.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is driven by essential services, with a quarter of people working in education and training and another 20.7% in health care and social assistance. Retail trade also employs a significant 16% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common, accounting for 25.7% of jobs. Community and personal service workers make up another 22.6%, while sales workers represent 11.2% of the local workforce.
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 Galiwinku [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL715001/galiwinku/topic/employment