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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale, NSW


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

Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale 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, Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale 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 Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale earn less than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale is less than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale are making monthly payments which are below the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale'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.

Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale'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 Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale NSW Australia
Median Age 41 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 43.15% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $583 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1529 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1246 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1733 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $350 $380 $335
Average household size 2.60 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 35.74% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 6.10% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 6.54% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 6.36% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 65.26% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 55.14% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 59.85% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 52.25% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.42% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 6.90% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 12.91% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 12.56% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 7.89% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.70% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.82% 1.76% 1.70%