62.5% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
Merryvale · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Roughly 62.5% of adults in Merryvale are working or looking for work, placing the area around the middle of similar regions. This level of employment is about the same as the Queensland average and a little above the national figure.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 62.5%, which is slightly higher than the Australian average of 61.1%.
62.5% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries people work in is Manufacturing at 44%, ahead of Agriculture, forestry & fishing (33%).
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common occupations people work in is Managers at 56%, ahead of Professionals (0%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Merryvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31816/merryvale/topic/employment