Angurugu

Angurugu is located on Groote Eylandt about 640 kilometres east-south-east of Darwin and a half hour flight south of Gove.

It has a population of 884 residents.

2023 jobs profile

The 2023 jobs profile was developed based on responses from 11 businesses operating within the Angurugu town boundary, four less than in the 2017 survey.

Key highlights

The 2023 profile highlights:

  • of the 206 filled jobs:
    • 118 jobs (57%) were filled by Aboriginal people, an increase of 26 jobs from 2017
    • 88 jobs (43%) were filled by non-Aboriginal people, unchanged from 2017
    • 30% of employed Aboriginal people are working in the private sector
    • Aboriginal people accounted for 57% of job holders in the town compared to 51% in 2017
    • Aboriginal females made up 37.86% of total Aboriginal filled jobs in the town compared to 32.39% in 2017
  • there were 29 vacant jobs, of which:
    • job vacancies as a percentage of jobs increased to 12.3% in 2023 from 7.7 % in 2017
    • job vacancies equate to 1 in 8 jobs
    • 21 of the vacancies were in the Clerical and Administrative and Community and Personal Service Workers areas.
  • Public Administration and Safety was the largest industry employer, with an increase in 18 filled jobs compared to 2017
  • the Administrative and Support Services industry had the greatest increase in filled jobs (40) compared to 2017
  • training had a decrease of 21 student numbers between 2016 and 2023 with the largest decrease (12) in the Community Services, Health and Education training sector
  • in 2023 there were only 3 vocational educational and training (VET) students across the Community Services, Health and Education, and Business and Clerical training sectors.

Read the full 2023 jobs profile report for Angurugu.

Angurugu remote towns jobs profile 2023 PDF (3.0 MB).
Angurugu remote towns jobs profile 2023 DOCX (1.7 MB).

Contact

For more information, email workforce.development@nt.gov.au.

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