4.2% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Meredith · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Meredith
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is more common in Meredith than in most similar areas, with 62.8% of the workforce in permanent roles. This provides a steady economic base for the town, even though a slightly smaller share of adults are working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. The unemployment rate is 4.2%, which is about the same as the 5.1% seen across Australia.
59.7% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.8%
- 2016: 61.3%
- 2021: 59.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.8% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.0%
- 2016: 59.7%
- 2021: 62.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer at 17.3%. Other common industries include health care and social assistance at 11.1%, and construction at 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 23.3%. Technicians and trades people follow at 16.3%, while professionals account for 13.7% of the local workforce.
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 Meredith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21656/meredith/topic/employment