Chapter 4 - Department of Business

Chapter 4
Northern Territory Regional Profi les - East Arnhem Region
In 2007, 173 apprentices/trainees were in training in the region. Of these:
21% were in utilities
21% were in sales and personal service
16% were in engineering and mining
15% were in automotive.
7.4. Supply: Jobseekers
The number of jobseekers in the East Arnhem region and the NT that are receiving
unemployment benefits from Centrelink is shown in Chart 4.41.
Chart 4.41 Jobseekers, East Arnhem Region and NT (2004 - 2007) (a) (b)
1 300
1 100
900
700
500
300
100 1 938
Dec 04
Mar 05 Jun 05 Sep 05 Dec 05 Mar 06 Jun 06 Sep 06 Dec 06 Mar 07 Jun 07 Sep 07 Dec 07
(c)
Source: DEEWR, Special Data Request, March 2008
East Arnhem Region LHS NT RHS
Note/s: (a) Region is based on postcode mapped to ABS regions. Data is an approximation only
(b) Jobseekers are derived from Newstart Allowance and Youth Allowance (other) recipients by excluding
all people who did not receive a payment due to their own and/or their partner’s income, or where
applicable, parental income, and all those known not to be required to search for work
(c) The increase in December 2007 is due to CDEP eligibility changes and the lifting of Remote
Area Exemptions (RAE).
There was a large increase in jobseeker numbers in the NT and its regions in
December 2007. This was due to CDEP eligibility changes and the lifting of Remote
Area Exemptions (RAE).
Before the impact of changes in CDEP eligibility and the lifting of RAEs, unemployed
jobseeker numbers were rising in the region from a low in June 2006. In the period
September 2005 to 2007, jobseekers in the region rose by 48%. For the same period,
unemployed jobseeker numbers in the NT rose by 9%.
Further information on CDEP can be found in Chapter 5 Indigenous
Employment Profile.
21 938
16 938
11 938
6 938
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