5.1% ▼ -43.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 5.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Merbein · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Merbein
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Merbein compared to most similar areas. Only 52.3% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. This contributes to a local unemployment rate of 5.1%, which is higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 55.3%. This is consistent with the fact that the proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below the state average.
52.3% ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.2%
- 2016: 48.6%
- 2021: 52.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.3% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.6%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 55.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 15.9%, followed by retail trade at 11.5% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 9.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are in community and personal services at 14.5%, with labourers and technicians and trades also making up a large share at 14.3% and 13.7% respectively.
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 Merbein [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21653/merbein/topic/employment