4.3% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Merricks · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Merricks
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people are in full-time work in Merricks than in most similar areas. Only 46.8% of the population hold full-time roles, which is far below the national figure. This contributes to a smaller overall proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 58% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian average of 62.4%. The unemployment rate is 4.3%, a figure that is about the same as the state and national rates but higher than most similar areas.
58.0% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.0%
- 2021: 58.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.8% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 46.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Merricks is spread across several sectors, with professional and technical services being the most common at 16%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing follow closely at 14.9%, while health care and social assistance account for 11.7% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is heavily weighted toward high-level roles, with managers making up 35.1% of occupations and professionals accounting for 27.7%. Labourers represent 11.7% of the workforce, and clerical or administrative staff make up 10.6%.
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 Merricks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21662/merricks/topic/employment