3.2% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Merewether · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Merewether
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 Merewether compared to the rest of the state. Around 68.9% of adults are in the labour force, which is far above the New South Wales figure. This creates a strong employment profile for the area, with a small unemployment rate of 3.2%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is well above the national figure. While full-time employment is about the same as the state average at 57.6%, the local unemployment rate is a little below the national mark.
68.9% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.6%
- 2016: 67.5%
- 2021: 68.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.6% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.7%
- 2016: 61.0%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Merewether, accounting for 22.4% of the workforce. Education and training follows at 10.7%, while professional and technical services make up 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up a large portion of the local workforce at 37.0%, followed by managers at 15.5%. Community and personal service roles are the next most common, held by 11.7% of workers.
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 Merewether [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12584/merewether/topic/employment