Postal Codes

Highest unemployment โ€” Australia

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The 50 postcodes in Australia with the highest unemployment rate, and the 50 with the lowest, out of 2,124 with a published figure.

Highest unemployment

PlaceStatePostcodeUnemployment rate
1Ord RiverWestern Australia677024.3%
2CoenQueensland489223.0%
3WoorabindaQueensland471322.3%
4CallaghanNew South Wales230818.1%
5CobourgNorthern Territory082218.0%
6WiloraNorthern Territory087217.8%
7TaraQueensland442117.0%
8Edinburgh NorthSouth Australia511316.7%
9Whim CreekWestern Australia671815.8%
10RoseberyTasmania747015.4%
11BinjariNorthern Territory085215.3%
12Logan CentralQueensland411414.7%
13Boulder CreekQueensland471414.6%
14BerajondoQueensland467414.0%
15SomersetQueensland487613.8%
16WindaleNew South Wales230613.8%
17MathinnaTasmania721413.6%
18Lamb IslandQueensland418413.4%
19BoonalNew South Wales240913.3%
20LansdowneNew South Wales216312.9%
21ElizabethSouth Australia511212.8%
22Wiley ParkNew South Wales219512.8%
23BroadmeadowsVictoria304712.7%
24RiverviewQueensland430312.5%
25Low HeadTasmania725312.4%
26BulongWestern Australia643112.3%
27CoolarooVictoria304812.2%
28ClaymoreNew South Wales255912.1%
29DoomadgeeQueensland483012.1%
30CampbellfieldVictoria306111.9%
31JenningsNew South Wales438311.9%
32GladstoneTasmania726411.8%
33Christie DownsSouth Australia516411.6%
34AuburnNew South Wales214411.4%
35CarltonVictoria305311.4%
36CharbonNew South Wales284811.4%
37RavenshoeQueensland488811.2%
38Lake MargaretTasmania746711.0%
39PeterboroughSouth Australia542210.9%
40TinghaNew South Wales236910.9%
41BinnawayNew South Wales239510.8%
42CityAustralian Capital Territory260110.8%
43IronsideQueensland406710.8%
44Lightning RidgeNew South Wales283410.6%
45Adelaide BcSouth Australia500010.5%
46Fairfield EastNew South Wales216510.5%
47Cadell LagoonSouth Australia532110.4%
48Kings ParkVictoria302110.3%
49MeadowbrookQueensland413110.3%
50Old GuildfordNew South Wales216110.2%
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Lowest unemployment

PlaceStatePostcodeUnemployment rate
1949494940.0%
2Singleton Military AreaNew South Wales23310.2%
3Phillip Creek StationNorthern Territory08620.3%
4KuenderWestern Australia63530.4%
5NarrakineWestern Australia63910.5%
6MundullaSouth Australia52700.6%
7BeeacVictoria32510.7%
8StokesQueensland48230.7%
9AlyangulaNorthern Territory08850.8%
10BunjilWestern Australia66200.8%
11Flinders Naval DepotVictoria39200.8%
12MilguyNew South Wales23990.8%
13QuilpieQueensland44800.8%
14AllansfordVictoria32770.9%
15BunburySouth Australia52660.9%
16PickanjinnieQueensland44280.9%
17Tindal RaafNorthern Territory08530.9%
18YambukVictoria32850.9%
19NarrikupWestern Australia63261.0%
20Bonnie RockWestern Australia64791.1%
21JilakinWestern Australia63651.1%
22LorneVictoria32321.1%
23CambridgeQueensland48221.2%
24CarcumaSouth Australia53011.2%
25MoulameinNew South Wales27331.2%
26SpringsureQueensland47221.2%
27Christmas IslandWestern Australia67981.3%
28CremorneTasmania70241.3%
29DuriNew South Wales23441.3%
30LenswoodSouth Australia52401.3%
31Mount BeautyVictoria36991.3%
32MoutajupVictoria32941.3%
33Port CampbellVictoria32691.3%
34WeriboneQueensland44171.3%
35WyunaQueensland47231.3%
36Douglas ParkNew South Wales25691.4%
37PinelandsNorthern Territory08291.4%
38YeltanaSouth Australia56411.4%
39Cornelia CreekVictoria36221.5%
40DockerVictoria36781.5%
41NurcoungVictoria34011.5%
42ConnellanNorthern Territory08731.6%
43CoombeSouth Australia52671.6%
44GherangVictoria32401.6%
45HoddleVictoria39591.6%
46Illalong CreekNew South Wales25841.6%
47IrlpmeNorthern Territory08741.6%
48JamiesonSouth Australia56401.6%
49LeinsterWestern Australia64371.6%
50MarlbedVictoria34831.6%

By State

Australian Capital Territory New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia

Places with fewer than 500 residents are excluded: a figure drawn from a handful of people carries more uncertainty than the differences being ranked.

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