4.6% ▼ -19.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Meridan Plains · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Meridan Plains
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A shift in the local workforce has seen more residents in Meridan Plains moving into a variety of roles since 2011. While about 60.8% of adults are working or looking for work, full-time employment is notably lower than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is less common here than in most areas, at 54.1%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 59%. This occurs alongside an unemployment rate of 4.6%, which is higher than in most similar places.
60.8% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.6%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 60.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.1% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2016: 59.4%
- 2021: 54.1%
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 21%, followed by construction at 11.6% and retail trade at 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly one in five workers are professionals (19.8%), while technicians and tradespeople make up 14.7% 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 Meridan Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31807/meridan-plains/topic/employment