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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Blue Haven - San Remo, NSW


The suburb of Blue Haven - San Remo is a Red Alert - high risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Blue Haven - San Remo is located in the Central Coast area, in NSW. Its CofFEE EVI score of suggests that it's residents are very vulnerable to employment loss if the national economy contracts

It has a younger population relative to the NSW average.

In terms of post secondary qualifications, Blue Haven - San Remo 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 Blue Haven - San Remo earn less than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Blue Haven - San Remo is less than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in Blue Haven - San Remo are making monthly payments which are below the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Blue Haven - San Remo'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.

Blue Haven - San Remo'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 Blue Haven - San Remo relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Blue Haven - San Remo NSW Australia
Median Age 34 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 52.15% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $550 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1348 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1250 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1600 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $355 $380 $335
Average household size 2.90 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 35.39% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 8.84% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 9.76% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 9.19% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 67.54% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 57.60% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 62.30% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 53.71% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.92% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 8.72% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 11.11% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 14.30% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 8.37% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.68% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.14% 1.76% 1.70%