2.2% ▼ -67.4%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Merungle Hill · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Merungle Hill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Steady full-time work defines daily life in Merungle Hill, where 67.2% of the workforce holds a full-time position. This is well above the national figure of 58.9%, reflecting a community with strong employment stability and a very low unemployment rate.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work make up 66.8% of the population, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. This high level of activity is matched by a low unemployment rate of 2.2%, which is a little below the national average of 5.1%.
66.8% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.0%
- 2016: 56.8%
- 2021: 66.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.2% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.8%
- 2016: 63.6%
- 2021: 67.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, led by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 16.4% and manufacturing at 15.7%. Education and training (13.4%) and health care and social assistance (12.7%) also employ significant numbers of residents.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 20.9%, followed closely by labourers at 20.1%. Technicians and trades people represent 17.9% of the workforce, while professionals account for 15.7%.
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 Merungle Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12601/merungle-hill/topic/employment