3.5% ▲ +10.0%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mataranka · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Mataranka
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment in Mataranka is among the highest for its area type, with 70.3% of the workforce in full-time roles. This figure has risen by 15 percentage points since 2011, reflecting a workforce that is now far more likely to hold a full-time job than the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About half of adults, 50.2%, are working or looking for work, which is far below the Northern Territory figure of 61.7%. Despite this, the unemployment rate is low at 3.5%, slightly lower than both the territory and the national average.
50.2% ▲ +17.2%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.8%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 50.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
70.3% ▲ +26.8%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 55.4%
- 2016: 63.8%
- 2021: 70.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in the area is spread across several sectors, with public administration and safety being the most common at 21.0%, followed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 20.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 20.3%, while labourers (19.6%) and professionals (17.4%) also represent significant shares 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 Mataranka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722020/mataranka/topic/employment