17.5% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 17.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yuendumu · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Yuendumu
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 31.1% of adults in Yuendumu are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure. While a high number of the workers here hold full-time roles, the area faces a significant unemployment rate of 17.5% that is far above the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is among the lowest for similar areas and has fallen 8.2 percentage points since 2011. This is alongside an unemployment rate that is far above the Northern Territory, though it has dropped from 23% a decade ago.
31.1% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.3%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.7% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 66.7%
- 2016: 68.8%
- 2021: 64.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Public administration and safety is the most common industry here at 26.6%, followed by education and training at 19.4% and health care and social assistance at 13.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 34.5%, with 20.9% in community and personal service and 16.5% working as managers.
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 Yuendumu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721017/yuendumu/topic/employment