Galiwin'ku

Galiwin’ku is located on Elcho Island in the East Arnhem region 550 kilometres north-east of Darwin.

It has a population of 2,199 residents.

2023 jobs profile

The 2023 jobs profile was developed based on responses from 20 businesses operating within the Galiwin’ku town boundary, 7 less than in the 2017 survey.

Key highlights

The 2023 profile highlights:

• there were 376 filled jobs of which:
  • 253 jobs (67%) were filled by Aboriginal people, a decrease of 106 jobs from 2017
  • 123 jobs (33%) were filled by non-Aboriginal people, a decrease of 47 jobs from 2017
  • 51% of employed Aboriginal people are working in the Private Sector
  • Aboriginal people accounted for 67% of job holders in the town compared to 68% in 2017
  • Aboriginal females made up 47% of total Aboriginal filled jobs in the town compared to 45% in 2017.
• there were 49 vacant jobs, of which:
  • job vacancies as a percentage of jobs increased to 11.5% in 2023 from 5.7% in 2017. (1 in 8.7 jobs vacant)
  • 35 of the vacancies were in Professionals and Community and Personal Service Workers areas
• Health Care and Social Assistance has steadily increased its filled jobs since 2014 and was the largest industry employer in 2023
• the Construction industry had a decrease of 109 jobs between 2017 and 2023
• Retail Trade had a decrease of 65 filled jobs between 2017 and 2023
• training had a decrease of 164 student numbers between 2016 and 2023
• Community Services, Health and Education was the largest training activity sector in 2023, followed by Sales and Personal Service
• General Education and Training had the largest increase in student numbers and Building and Construction had the largest decrease in student numbers between 2016 and 2023.

Read the full 2023 jobs profile report for Galiwin’ku.

Galiwin’ku remote towns jobs profile 2023 PDF (3.1 MB).
Galiwin’ku remote towns jobs profile 2023 DOCX (1.8 MB).

Past job profiles

2017

Read the 2017 jobs profile report for Galiwin’ku PDF (2.1 MB).
Read the 2017 jobs profile report for Galiwin’ku DOCX (1.1 MB).

2014

Read the 2014 jobs profile report for Galiwin’ku PDF (754.0 KB).

Contact

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