6.5% ▲ +46.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 6.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Meerschaum Vale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Meerschaum Vale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Meerschaum Vale compared to most similar areas, with 67.8% in the labour force. While more people are active in the workforce, the area faces a higher unemployment rate than the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 6.5%, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 4.9%. Full-time employment stands at 56.1%, slightly lower than the 58.9% seen across Australia.
67.8% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.1%
- 2016: 63.2%
- 2021: 67.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.1% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.1%
- 2016: 55.8%
- 2021: 56.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 14.6%, followed by construction at 12.1% and education and training at 11.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 19.7%, while technicians and trades workers make up 17.2% of the workforce.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Meerschaum Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12566/meerschaum-vale/topic/employment