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The suburb of Wamberal - Forresters Beach is a Amber Alert - Medium high risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling. |
Wamberal - Forresters Beach is located in the Central Coast area, in NSW. Its CofFEE EVI score of suggests that it's residents are quite vulnerable to employment loss if the national economy contracts It has an older population relative to the NSW average. In terms of post secondary qualifications, Wamberal - Forresters Beach has education levels which are above the NSW average. This reduces the likelihood that the suburb will experience job losses in a national contraction. Individuals in Wamberal - Forresters Beach earn more than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Wamberal - Forresters Beach is greater than the median family income for NSW. Mortgage holders in Wamberal - Forresters Beach are making monthly payments which are above the median NSW mortgage repayment. Wamberal - Forresters Beach's workforce is more likely to be part-time employed relative to the NSW average, and its labour market performance summarised by its overall unemployment rate relative to NSW is good. Wamberal - Forresters Beach's workforce is more likely to be underemployed relative to the NSW average, and its labour market performance summarised by its overall unemployment rate relative to NSW is good The following table has more indicators which allow you to appraise Wamberal - Forresters Beach relative to NSW and the nation as a whole. |
Indicator - August 2016 | Wamberal - Forresters Beach | NSW | Australia |
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Median Age | 40 | 38 | 38 |
% without post secondary school qualifications | 33.86% | 38.56% | 39.50% |
Median individual income ($ per week) | $758 | $664 | $662 |
Median family income ($ per week) | $2059 | $1780.00 | $1734.00 |
Median household income ($ per week) | $1852 | $1486.00 | $1438.00 |
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) | $2167 | $1986 | $1755 |
Median rent ($ per week) | $420 | $380 | $335 |
Average household size | 2.80 | 2.60 | 2.60 |
Part-time employment as a % total | 37.07% | 31.69% | 32.68% |
Male unemployment rate | 3.95% | 6.28% | 7.00% |
Female unemployment rate | 3.94% | 6.22% | 6.72% |
Unemployment rate | 3.99% | 6.26% | 6.86% |
Male labour force participation rate | 70.41% | 68.39% | 69.56% |
Female labour force participation rate | 63.45% | 58.51% | 59.80% |
Total labour force participation rate | 66.82% | 63.33% | 64.56% |
Employment-Population ratio | 60.94% | 59.17% | 60.26% |
% Employed in Mining | 0.60% | 0.94% | 1.66% |
% Employed in Manufacturing | 4.88% | 5.84% | 6.40% |
% Employed in Construction | 12.43% | 8.36% | 8.53% |
% Employed in Retail Trade | 9.74% | 9.66% | 9.86% |
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants | 7.32% | 7.08% | 6.91% |
% Employed in Finance and Insurance | 3.60% | 4.95% | 3.60% |
% Employed in Property and Business Services | 2.31% | 1.76% | 1.70% |