RDA Northern Territory

Resident workers - Occupations of employment

There are more resident workers (All industries) Professionals in the RDA Northern Territory than any other occupation.

Occupations are a key component in evaluating the knowledge, experience and skill-levels that industry can draw upon locally. It should be viewed with other indicators, such as Age structure, Qualifications, and Income for a comprehensive analysis of the RDA Northern Territory's local resident workers.

When comparing the occupations of local resident workers with local workers, Occupation data indicates whether an economy draws on the skills offered by its own residents or relies on a different set of skills imported from elsewhere in the region.

Data source

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 and 2021 – by usual residence

Current area:
Select industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
reset
Did you know? By clicking/tapping on a data row in the table you will be able to see sub categories.
Resident workers occupations
RDA Northern Territory 20212016Change
Occupations (Click rows to view sub-categories)Number%. Northern TerritoryNumber%. Northern Territory2016 - 2021
Managers13,79813.012.912,48012.212.2+1,318
Professionals23,45422.022.020,54320.120.1+2,911
Technicians and Trades Workers14,72013.813.816,06815.715.8-1,348
Community and Personal Service Workers16,72415.715.714,09313.813.8+2,631
Clerical and Administrative Workers14,06513.213.214,04813.813.7+17
Sales Workers6,9086.56.56,9986.96.8-90
Machinery Operators And Drivers5,5145.25.25,8145.75.7-300
Labourers8,9498.48.59,5089.39.4-559
Inadequately described or not stated2,3372.22.22,5342.52.5-197
Total Persons106,469100.0100.0102,086100.0100.0+4,383

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions)

Did you know? By clicking/tapping on a category in the chart below you will be able to drilldown to the sub categories.
loading animation
loading animation

Dominant groups

An analysis of the jobs held by the resident workers in the RDA Northern Territory in 2021shows the three most popular occupations were:

  • Professionals (23,454 people or 22.0%)
  • Community and Personal Service Workers (16,724 people or 15.7%)
  • Technicians and Trades Workers (14,720 people or 13.8%)

In combination these three occupations accounted for 54,898 people in total or 51.5% of the resident workers (All industries).

In comparison, Northern Territory employed 22.0% in Professionals; 15.7% in Community and Personal Service Workers and 13.8% in Technicians and Trades Workers.

The major differences between the jobs held by the resident workers (All industries) of the RDA Northern Territory and Northern Territory were:

  • A smaller percentage of resident workers (All industries) employed as Labourers (8.4% compared to 8.5%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers (All industries) employed as Technicians and Trades Workers (13.8% compared to 13.8%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers (All industries) employed as Clerical and Administrative Workers (13.2% compared to 13.2%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers (All industries) employed as Managers (13.0% compared to 12.9%)

Emerging groups

The number of resident workers (All industries) in the RDA Northern Territory increased by 4,383 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest change in the occupations of the resident workers between 2016 and 2021 in the RDA Northern Territory were those employed as:

  • Professionals (+2,911 persons)
  • Community and Personal Service Workers (+2,631 persons)
  • Technicians and Trades Workers (-1,348 persons)
  • Managers (+1,318 persons)

RDA Northern Territory

economic profile