Maningrida

Maningrida is located about 500 kilometres east of Darwin, and 300 kilometres north east of Jabiru, with access by sealed and dirt road.

Maningrida is on the north central Arnhem Land coast of the Arafura Sea.

It has a population of 2,516 residents.

2023 jobs profile

The 2023 jobs profile was developed based on responses from 9 businesses operating within the Maningrida town boundary, 5 less than in the 2017 survey.

Key highlights

The 2023 profile highlights:

  • there were 307 filled jobs of which:
    • 190 jobs (62%) were filled by Aboriginal people, a decrease of 54 jobs from 2017
    • 117 jobs (38%) were filled by non-Aboriginal people, a decrease of 62 jobs from 2017
    • 34% of employed Aboriginal people are working in the Private Sector
    • Aboriginal people accounted for 62% of job holders in the town compared to 58% in 2017
    • Aboriginal females made up 51% of total Aboriginal filled jobs in the town compared to 43% in 2017.
  • there were 90 vacant jobs, of which:
    • job vacancies as a percentage of jobs increased to 13.5% in 2017 to 22.7% in 2023
    • job vacancies equate to 1 in 4 jobs
    • 54 of the vacancies were in Professional and Community and Personal Service Workers areas.
  • Education and Training was the largest industry employer with 105 jobs filled, followed by Public Administration and Safety with 44 jobs filled
  • Administrative and Support Services and Health Care and Social Assistance had a decrease in filled jobs of 49 and 42 respectively between 2023 and 2017.
  • training had an overall increase in student numbers of 25 between 2023 and 2016.
  • Building and Construction had the largest increase in student numbers of 57 while General Education and Training had the largest decrease in student numbers of 15 in 2023
  • new training activity in 2023, Engineering and mining was delivered to 17 students; this training area was not delivered in 2016 and 2013.

Read the full 2023 jobs profile report for Maningrida.

Maningrida remote towns jobs profile 2023 PDF (2.8 MB).
Maningrida remote towns jobs profile 2023 DOCX (2.0 MB).

Contact

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

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