Cities with lowest unemployment in Australia
Alice Springs, Australia has the lowest unemployment rate of the 30 cities compared: 1.7 % (DEWR — Small Area Labour Markets, smoothed unemployment rate by LGA, March quarter 2026, 2026-03-31).
Australia municipalities ranked by their own published total unemployment rate, without regional substitutes.
- Items compared
- 30
- Countries represented
- 1
- Last checked
- 2026-10-04
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| Original rank | City or place | Published value | Source and scope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alice Springs, Australia | 1.7 % | 2026-07-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-03-31 |
| 2 | Warrnambool, Australia | 1.7 % | 2026-07-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-03-31 |
| 3 | Dubbo, Australia | 2 % | 2026-07-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-03-31 |
| 4 | Busselton, Australia | 2.3 % | 2026-07-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-03-31 |
| 5 | Kalgoorlie - Boulder, Australia | 2.3 % | 2026-07-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-03-31 |
| 6 | Griffith, Australia | 2.5 % | 2026-07-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-03-31 |
| 7 | Albany, Australia | 2.8 % | 2026-07-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-03-31 |
| 8 | Bathurst, Australia | 2.9 % | 2026-07-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-03-31 |
| 9 | Hobart, Australia | 2.9 % | 2026-07-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-03-31 |
| 10 | Ballina, Australia | 3 % | 2026-07-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-03-31 |
| 11 | Bowral - Mittagong, Australia | 3.1 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31 |
| 12 | Gisborne - Macedon, Australia | 3.1 % | 2026-10-04 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-08-10 |
| 13 | Orange, Australia | 3.1 % | 2026-07-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-03-31 |
| 14 | Mackay, Australia | 3.2 % | 2026-07-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-03-31 |
| 15 | Darwin, Australia | 3.3 % | 2026-07-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-03-31 |
| 16 | Tamworth, Australia | 3.4 % | 2026-07-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-03-31 |
| 17 | Echuca - Moama, Australia | 3.6 % | 2026-10-04 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-08-10 |
| 18 | Sunshine Coast, Australia | 3.6 % | 2026-07-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-03-31 |
| 19 | Wagga Wagga, Australia | 3.6 % | 2026-07-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-03-31 |
| 20 | Bundaberg, Australia | 3.8 % | 2026-07-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-03-31 |
| 21 | Canberra - Queanbeyan, Australia | 3.8 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31 |
| 22 | Toowoomba, Australia | 3.8 % | 2026-07-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-03-31 |
| 23 | Warragul - Drouin, Australia | 3.9 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31 |
| 24 | Armidale, Australia | 4 % | 2026-07-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-03-31 |
| 25 | Bacchus Marsh, Australia | 4 % | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31 |
| 26 | Brisbane, Australia | 4 % | 2026-07-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-03-31 |
| 27 | Coffs Harbour, Australia | 4 % | 2026-07-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-03-31 |
| 28 | Gympie, Australia | 4 % | 2026-07-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-03-31 |
| 29 | Melbourne, Australia | 4.1 % | 2026-07-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-03-31 |
| 30 | Mount Gambier, Australia | 4.2 % | 2026-07-26 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2026-03-31 |
What the numbers say
- Alice Springs, Australia leads at 1.7 %.
- Mount Gambier, Australia sits at the other end with 4.2 %.
- The middle of this ranking is 3.4 %, across 30 places that publish the metric.
- The spread between first and last is 2.5 %.
Quick answer
What does Cities with lowest unemployment in Australia show?
Alice Springs, Australia has the lowest unemployment rate of the 30 cities compared: 1.7 % (DEWR — Small Area Labour Markets, smoothed unemployment rate by LGA, March quarter 2026, 2026-03-31).
How this list is built
Every row is a published unemployment rate observation measured in %, ranked lowest first. The values were observed between 2021 and 2026. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.
- Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
- A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
- Rows
- 30 places
- Geographic grain
- city
- Observation period
- 2021-08-10 to 2026-03-31
- Last checked
- 2026-10-04
- With an official source link
- 30 of 30
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 10). Cities with lowest unemployment in Australia [ImmigrationDB compilation; version be4ac2be5b9e74f110b64e3a8bbc4ed0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/australia-cities-with-lowest-unemployment/ Retrieved 2026-10-10. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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