Gunbalanya

Gunbalanya is located near the East Alligator River in western Arnhem Land, about 300 kilometres east of Darwin and 60 kilometres east of Jabiru.

It has a population of 1,155 residents.

2023 jobs profile

The 2023 jobs profile was developed based on responses from 12 businesses operating within the Gunbalanya town boundary, 5 less than in the 2017 survey.

Key highlights

The 2023 profile highlights:

• there were 226 filled jobs of which:
  • 169 jobs (75%) were filled by Aboriginal people, an increase of 29 jobs from 2017
  • 57 jobs (25%) were filled by non-Aboriginal people, a decrease of 33 jobs from 2017
  • 46% of employed Aboriginal people are working in the Public Sector
  • Aboriginal people accounted for 75% of job holders in the town compared to 61% in 2017
  • Aboriginal females made up 47% of total Aboriginal filled jobs in the town compared to 47% in 2017
• there were 59 vacant jobs, of which:
  • job vacancies as a percentage of jobs increased to 20.7% in 2023 from 15.8% in 2017
  • 1 in 5 jobs were vacant
  • 38 of the vacancies were in Community and Personal Service Workers and Professional areas
• Education and Training industry is the largest industry employer in 2023
• Construction industry had an increase in filled jobs of 43 between 2017 and 2023
• training had a decrease in student numbers of 81 between 2016 and 2023
• Building and Construction was the largest training activity sector in 2023, with an increase of 23 students between 2016 and 2023.

Read the full 2023 jobs profile report for Gunbalanya.

Gunbalanya remote towns jobs profile 2023 PDF (2.9 MB).
Gunbalanya remote towns jobs profile 2023 DOCX (2.3 MB).

Past job profiles

2017

Read the 2017 jobs profile report for Gunbalanya PDF (2.1 MB).
Read the 2017 jobs profile report for Gunbalanya DOCX (1.1 MB).

2014

Read the 2014 jobs profile report for Gunbalanya PDF (838.3 KB).

Contact

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