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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Wyoming, NSW


The suburb of Wyoming is a Amber Alert - Medium high risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Wyoming 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, Wyoming has education levels which are below the NSW average. This increases the likelihood that the suburb will experience job losses in a national contraction.

Individuals in Wyoming earn less than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Wyoming is less than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in Wyoming are making monthly payments which are below the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Wyoming'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 poor.

Wyoming'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 poor

The following table has more indicators which allow you to appraise Wyoming relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Wyoming NSW Australia
Median Age 42 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 41.66% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $576 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1538 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1229 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1733 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $350 $380 $335
Average household size 2.50 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 34.61% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 7.89% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 7.17% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 7.48% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 64.04% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 53.06% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 58.22% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 50.15% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.28% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 6.22% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 8.57% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 10.85% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 7.37% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 3.54% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.15% 1.76% 1.70%