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DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT
Chapter 4
Northern Territory Regional Profi les - Darwin Region
Darwin region had the lowest unemployment rate and the highest labour force
participation rate of all NT regions.
Within the Darwin region, Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP)
account for only 2.8% of employment. Sub-regionally, this proportion is much higher,
with, for example, more than half (55%) of employment in Bathurst-Melville being
through CDEP.
The number of employed people in the region has increased by 7% since 2001,
compared to employment growth for the NT of 4.1%. Since 2001, both unemployment,
and the number of people not in the labour force, has decreased.
4.2. Labour Force and Participation
Chart 4.9 is a graphical representation of the labour force status of the population in the
Darwin region. The percentage unemployed is the percentage of the total population
who are aged 15 years and over, and who are unemployed, and is different to the
unemployment rate shown in the previous table.
Chart 4.9 Regional Labour Force Status (2006) (a) (b)
Alligator
Bathurst – Melville
Daly
Darwin City
Finniss
Litchfield Shire
Palmerston – East Arm
Darwin Region
NT
Australia
44%
40%
45%
50%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Source: ABS Basic Community Profiles, Census 2006
Note/s: (a) Based on place of usual residence
(b) Population aged 15 years and over
(c) Percentage of the total population aged 15 years and over who are unemployed
(d) Labour force status not stated.
REPORT
60%
57%
66%
65%
64%
2%
3%
39%
49%
49%
25%
66% 2%
5%
4%
Employed Unemployed (c) Not in the Labour Force Not Stated (d)
3%
3%
32%
2%
2%
3%
40%
26%
20%
21%
33%
21%
23%
24%
15%
19%
10%
10%
12%
11%
11%
12%
6%
7%