8.3% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 8.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Merrylands West · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Merrylands West
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Merrylands West, where 14.2% of employees work in this sector. The area faces significant employment challenges, with an unemployment rate of 8.3% which is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 44.2% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below both the state and national rates. This is consistent with a much lower proportion of full-time workers (52.2%) compared to most other areas.
44.2% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.7%
- 2016: 51.8%
- 2021: 44.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.2% ▼ -20.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.5%
- 2016: 64.5%
- 2021: 52.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the local workforce is mostly employed in retail trade (10.7%), construction (8.9%), manufacturing (8.1%), and transport and warehousing (7.2%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.6%, followed by clerical and administrative staff at 15.9% and technicians and tradespeople at 13.2%.
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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12600/merrylands-west/topic/employment