27.4% ▼ -33.8%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.5%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 27.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Milingimbi · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Milingimbi
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Education and training is the most common industry for workers in Milingimbi, where 27.3% of employed people work in this sector. However, the area struggles with a very low number of adults working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 25.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Unemployment is very high at 27.4%, although this is 14 points lower than it was in 2011.
25.8% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
43.5% ▼ -36.8%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 68.9%
- 2016: 52.3%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond education, the main industries are retail trade at 16.2%, health care and social assistance at 11.7%, and public administration and safety at 11.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 24%, followed by community and personal service workers at 20.8% and clerical and administrative staff at 11.7%.
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 Milingimbi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL715004/milingimbi/topic/employment