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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Budgewoi - Buff Point - Halekulani, NSW


The suburb of Budgewoi - Buff Point - Halekulani is a Red Alert - high risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Budgewoi - Buff Point - Halekulani 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 an older population relative to the NSW average.

In terms of post secondary qualifications, Budgewoi - Buff Point - Halekulani 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 Budgewoi - Buff Point - Halekulani earn less than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Budgewoi - Buff Point - Halekulani is less than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in Budgewoi - Buff Point - Halekulani are making monthly payments which are below the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Budgewoi - Buff Point - Halekulani'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.

Budgewoi - Buff Point - Halekulani'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 Budgewoi - Buff Point - Halekulani relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Budgewoi - Buff Point - Halekulani NSW Australia
Median Age 45 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 45.89% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $518 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1266 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1005 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1560 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $310 $380 $335
Average household size 2.30 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 35.97% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 8.67% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 8.87% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 8.82% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 58.68% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 49.42% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 53.90% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 46.12% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 1.23% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 7.98% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 14.28% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 11.94% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 7.98% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.04% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.59% 1.76% 1.70%