9.6% ▼ -50.9%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 9.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Nauiyu Nambiyu (Daly River) · Urban Centre
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Nauiyu Nambiyu (Daly River) than in most similar areas. Only 40% of adults are in the labour force, though full-time employment has risen by 11 points since 2011 to reach 64%. This reflects a small but shifting workforce in the region.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 9.6%, which is much higher than most areas and well above the national figure of 5.1%. However, this is a significant improvement from 2011, when the rate was 19.6%.
9.6% ▼ -50.9%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
40.0% ▲ +27.4%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.0% ▲ +21.3%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Local jobs are concentrated in a few sectors, with nearly 40% of workers employed in education and training and 24.4% in health care and social assistance.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 29.1%, followed closely by community and personal service workers at 26.7%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Nauiyu Nambiyu (Daly River) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722024/nauiyu-nambiyu/topic/employment