Pirlangimpi

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

It has a population of 318 residents.

2023 jobs profile

The 2023 jobs profile was developed based on responses from 7 businesses operating within the Pirlangimpi town boundary, 5 less than in the 2017 survey.

Key highlights

The 2023 profile highlights:

• there were 60 filled jobs of which:
  • 53 jobs (88%) were filled by Aboriginal people
  • 7 jobs (12%) were filled by non-Aboriginal people
  • 65% of employed Aboriginal people are working in the Private Sector
  • Aboriginal females made up 53% of total Aboriginal filled jobs
• there were 14 vacant jobs, of which:
  • job vacancies as a percentage of jobs is 18.9%
  • job vacancies equate to 1 in 5.3 jobs
  • 8 of the vacancies were in the Professionals and Community and Personal Service Workers areas
• Retail Trade was the largest industry employer with 32 filled jobs in 2023 followed by Education and Training with 17
• Community Services, Health and Education was the largest training activity section in 2023 with 33 students.

Read the full 2023 jobs profile report for Pirlangimpi.

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

Past job profiles

2017

Read the 2017 jobs profile report for Pirlangimpi PDF (1.6 MB).
Read the 2017 jobs profile report for Pirlangimpi DOCX (923.7 KB).

Contact

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