9.5% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 9.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Merrylands · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Merrylands
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A 9.5% unemployment rate marks Merrylands as having one of the highest rates among similar areas. This high level of joblessness is seen alongside a much lower proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 45.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the state average, with 50.8% of the workforce in full-time roles.
45.5% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.9%
- 2016: 54.2%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.8% ▼ -22.6%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.6%
- 2016: 62.9%
- 2021: 50.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The largest employers in the area are in health care and social assistance, where 13.9% of people work, followed by retail trade at 10.7% and construction at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
About 20.7% of residents work as professionals, while 14.7% hold clerical or administrative roles and 12% are technicians or tradespeople.
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 Merrylands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12599/merrylands/topic/employment