Yuendumu

Yuendumu is located 290 kilometres north-west of Alice Springs on the Tanami Highway.

It has a population of 738 residents.

2023 jobs profile

The 2023 jobs profile was developed based on responses from 14 businesses operating within the Yuendumu town boundary, 5 less than in the 2017 survey.

Key highlights

The 2023 profile highlights:

• there were 196 jobs filled of which:
  • 131 jobs (67%) were filled by Aboriginal people, an increase of 19 jobs from 2017
  • 65 jobs (33%) were filled by non-Aboriginal people, a decrease of 27 jobs from 2017
  • 52% of employed Aboriginal people are working in the Private Sector
  • Aboriginal people accounted for 67% of job holders in the town compared to 55% in 2017
  • 53% of total Aboriginal filled jobs are filled by Aboriginal females, compared to 41% in 2017
• there were 71 jobs vacancies, of which:
  • job vacancies as a percentage of jobs increased to 27% in 2023 from 18% in 2017
  • 1 in 4 jobs were vacant
  • 28 of the vacancies were in Professional areas
• Public Administration and Safety was the largest industry employer in 2023
• Public Administration and Safety had the highest increase in jobs filled between 2017 and 2023 of 64 jobs
• Health Care and Social Assistance, and Arts and Recreation Services had the highest decrease in jobs filled between 2017 and 2023 of 50 and 21 respectively
• training had a significant decrease in student numbers between 2016 and 2023
• Building and Construction had the highest student numbers in 2023 of 21 students
• Building and Construction had the highest increase in student numbers between 2016 and 2023 of 8 students
• Community Services, Health and Education had the highest decrease in student numbers between 2023 and 2016 of 73 students.

Read the full 2023 jobs profile report for Yuendumu.

Yuendumu remote towns jobs profile 2023 PDF (2.8 MB).
Yuendumu remote towns jobs profile 2023 DOCX (2.4 MB).

Past job profiles

2017

Read the 2017 jobs profile report for Yuendumu PDF (1.9 MB).
Read the 2017 jobs profile report for Yuendumu DOCX (1.1 MB).

2014

Read the 2014 jobs profile report for Yuendumu PDF (747.8 KB).

Contact

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