Darwin has the lowest median age and is the only capital city where there are more men than women. Picture: Getty Source: Getty Images
AUSTRALIANS in all capital cities are working hard to get by but the people of Darwin are working harder.
The city has the highest employment rate, works the longest hours, and it has the most number of employed people per household, ABS figures show.
Ram Vemuri, head of Charles Darwin University School of Business, said people go to the Northern Territory for a job, not a holiday.
"They come for a job, stay on for a job, and if they don't have a job anymore, they leave," Dr Vemuri said.
"In Melbourne or in Sydney you'll have people who have been there for quite some time, looking for jobs but they can't find a job, and they're still hanging around in Sydney. But Darwin is not just fly-in fly-out - it's job seek-in, job seek-out."
Darwin is also seen to be statistically "hardworking" because of the city's demographics. Darwin has the youngest population of all capital cities and it is the only capital city where there are more men than women.
It's not that younger people work harder than older people, or that men work harder than women, but rather that the population's potential to be working is higher.
Most people in Darwin working in the construction industry or the public sector.
"The private sector engagement is increasing quite a lot but we are still trying to wean out of the dependency on the government and the public sector [for employment]," Dr Vemuri said.
Developer George Tsirbas and site manager Frazer Dean on site constructing a 60-unit apartment complex on the edge of Darwin's CBD. Source: News Limited
Demography expert Suniti Bandaranaike said the Northern Territory also had a high migrant population - about 27 per cent of the population is born overseas.
"When they come to a foreign country most people of overseas origin are hard working," said Dr Bandaranaike, from James Cook University.
"People from India and China come here with their children to educate them and get them in that higher level, the so-called 'middle class'."
Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show Northern Territorians have the highest employment to population ratio in the country - 71.6 per cent of the state's population is employed.
The second highest is the ACT with 69.1 per cent, followed by:
Western Australia (64.9 per cent)
Queensland (62.2 per cent)
Victoria (61.3 per cent)
New South Wales (60.3 per cent)
South Australia (58.1 per cent)
Tasmania (55.3 per cent).
You might be thinking that just because people are employed, it doesn't necessarily mean they're working hard. But Census data shows Darwin also has the largest percentage of workers putting in 49 hours or more per week - 19.56 per cent.
Darwin? Hard working? If you think that's a load of croc, leave a comment below. Source: News Limited
The second highest is Sydney, with 16.81 per cent working long hours, followed by:
Brisbane (16.65 per cent)
Perth (15.86 per cent)
Melbourne (15.3 per cent)
Canberra/ACT (14.4 per cent)
Adelaide (13.10 per cent)
Hobart (14.4 per cent)
ABS data also shows that Darwin has the highest average number of employed people per household at 1.6. Canberra comes in second with 1.5 employed per household, followed by NSW, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia with 1.4 and South Australia and Tasmania with 1.2.
Social researcher Mark McCrindle says average earnings are also a good measure of hard work.
"People who aren't working full time are going to be earning lower amounts of money on average," Mr McCrindle said.
"The harder that the state is working and the city is working the higher the average earnings will be of that city."
The Northern Territory is the third highest earning state with average weekly earnings of $1235, behind the ACT with $1384.40 and WA with $1244.
These states are much higher earners than the more populous states, including NSW on $1081.20, Queensland on $1065.90 and Victoria on $1023.70. The lowest earning states are South Australia ($968.90) and Tasmania ($934.40).
By these measures, the least hardworking capital city is Hobart.
Hobart-based workforce demographer Lisa Denny says the state's older population and ageing workforce puts them at the bottom of the list.
"In Tasmania almost 43 per cent of the workforce is aged over 45," Ms Denny said.
Hobart's low cost of living - compared to other capital cities - also makes it easier for residents to get by.
"It isn't that necessary [to work long hours], particularly for dual income families," Ms Denny said.
Do you think you work harder than people in Darwin? Continue the conversation via Twitter: @workdemographer | @MarkMcCrindle | @sarahmichael24 | @newscomauHQ
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