6.7% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 6.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Merrigum · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Merrigum
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher unemployment rate of 6.7% marks the job market in Merrigum compared to most similar areas. While full-time work is more common here than in other regions, a smaller proportion of adults are working or looking for work overall.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 53.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. However, those who are employed are more likely to be in full-time roles, with 61.7% of the population in full-time work.
53.7% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.4%
- 2016: 58.6%
- 2021: 53.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.7% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.7%
- 2016: 65.2%
- 2021: 61.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is led by agriculture, forestry and fishing, which employs 21.0% of the workforce. Health care and social assistance is the next most common industry at 13.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 20.3%, followed closely by labourers at 18.3% and technicians and trades at 15.5%.
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 Merrigum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21665/merrigum/topic/employment