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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for The Entrance, NSW


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

The Entrance 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, The Entrance 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 The Entrance earn less than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in The Entrance is less than the median family income for NSW.

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

The Entrance'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.

The Entrance'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 The Entrance relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 The Entrance NSW Australia
Median Age 45 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 43.76% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $558 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1271 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $984 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1785 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $320 $380 $335
Average household size 2.10 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 37.09% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 8.27% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 7.93% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 8.18% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 59.06% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 50.71% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 54.68% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 46.28% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.58% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 5.47% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 12.54% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 11.05% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 9.33% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.73% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.14% 1.76% 1.70%