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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Lake Munmorah - Mannering Park, NSW


The suburb of Lake Munmorah - Mannering Park is a Red Alert - high risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Lake Munmorah - Mannering Park 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, Lake Munmorah - Mannering Park 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 Lake Munmorah - Mannering Park earn less than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Lake Munmorah - Mannering Park is less than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in Lake Munmorah - Mannering Park are making monthly payments which are below the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Lake Munmorah - Mannering Park'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.

Lake Munmorah - Mannering Park'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 Lake Munmorah - Mannering Park relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Lake Munmorah - Mannering Park NSW Australia
Median Age 49 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 47.56% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $504 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1256 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $977 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1521 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $320 $380 $335
Average household size 2.30 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 36.16% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 8.30% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 6.73% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 7.57% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 54.71% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 46.11% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 50.25% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 43.76% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 1.57% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 7.00% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 14.53% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 11.67% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 7.12% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.37% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.77% 1.76% 1.70%