2.6% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 2.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Meringandan · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Meringandan
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high rate of employment shapes daily life in Meringandan, where 71.3% of adults are working or looking for work. This is far above the national figure of 61.1%. The area also sees very few people without jobs, with an unemployment rate of just 2.6%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 2.6%, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 5.4%. Full-time employment sits at 58.8%, which is about the same as the national average.
71.3% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.5%
- 2016: 72.8%
- 2021: 71.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.8% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.8%
- 2016: 63.2%
- 2021: 58.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 16.2%. Other significant sectors include education and training at 11.5% and health care and social assistance at 11.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up 17.3% of the workforce. Professionals follow at 15.8%, with managers and community service workers each accounting for around 13% of roles.
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 Meringandan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31808/meringandan/topic/employment