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Area Profile

  • Unemployment Rate : 3.0 %
  • Job Seekers : 45 576
  • Average Job Seeker Age : 35
  • Average Job Seeker Unemployment Duration : 15 months
  • Working Age Population (15-64) : 1 119 843

2006 Census of Population and Housing Statistics

  • Number of People who Identified as Indigenous (15-64) : 13 332
  • Indigenous Employment Rate (15-64) : 43.2 %
  • Number of People Born Overseas (15-64) : 353 584
  • Number of People Born in Non-English Speaking Countries (15-64) : 163 143
  • Number of People Employed : 729 928
  • Employment Rate (15-64) : 73.9 %
  • Employment Rate for People Born Overseas in Non-English Speaking Countries : 65.1 %

Area Profile Source : DEEWR administrative data as at September 2009 except for the unemployment rate which is DEEWR Small Area Labour Market Statistical Local Area estimates December 2008 (for new ESA boundaries), or ABS Labour Force Survey December 2008 three month average data (for current ESA boundaries).
Working Age Population Source: Estimated Resident Population (June 2007, based on 2006 SLA structure and then concorded to ESA).

'Job Seeker' is defined as persons registered and active with Job Services Australia.

'Unemployment Duration' is measured as the time the job seeker has been registered with Centrelink.