Milikapiti

Milikapiti is located on Melville Island which is about 100 kilometres north of Darwin.

It has a population of 418 residents.

2023 jobs profile

The 2023 jobs profile was developed based on responses from 9 businesses operating within the Milikapiti town boundary, 3 less than in the 2017 survey.

Key highlights

The 2023 profile highlights:

• there were 80 filled jobs of which:
  • 58 jobs (73%) were filled by Aboriginal people
  • 22 jobs (27%) were filled by non-Aboriginal people
  • 39% of employed Aboriginal people are working in the Private Sector
  • Aboriginal females made up 74% of total Aboriginal filled jobs
• there were 12 vacant jobs, of which:
  • job vacancies as a percentage of jobs was 13%
  • job vacancies equate to 1 in 8 jobs
  • 10 vacancies were in the Professional and Community and Personal Service Workers and Professionals areas
• Education and Training was the largest industry employer, followed by Accommodation and Food Services with filled jobs of 34 and 17, respectively, in 2023
• Community Services, Health and Education was the largest training activity sector in 2023 with 21 students, followed by Engineering and mining and Building and Construction with 18 and 15 respectively.

Read the full 2023 jobs profile report for Milikapiti.

Milikapiti remote towns jobs profile 2023 PDF (2.1 MB).
Milikapiti remote towns jobs profile 2023 DOCX (1.7 MB).

Past job profiles

2017

Read the 2017 jobs profile report for Milikapiti PDF (1.6 MB).
Read the 2017 jobs profile report for Milikapiti DOCX (930.9 KB).

Contact

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