0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Merah North · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Merah North
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A huge majority of workers in Merah North are employed full-time, putting the area among the highest for this trend. The local workforce is exceptionally active, with 72.8% of adults working or looking for work and an unemployment rate of 0.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Far more adults are working or looking for work here than in the rest of the own state, where the figure is 58.7%. Full-time employment is also far above the national figure of 58.9%, reaching 81.7% of the workforce.
72.8% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 75.6%
- 2016: 80.6%
- 2021: 72.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
81.7% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 79.0%
- 2016: 62.2%
- 2021: 81.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is dominated by the land, with 83.1% of people working in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Other employment is much smaller, with 5.6% in health and 4.2% in finance and insurance.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
About half of the workforce are managers, while 22.5% work as labourers. Other common roles include professionals at 16.9% and clerical or administrative staff at 12.7%.
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 Merah North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12583/merah-north/topic/employment