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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Warnervale - Wadalba, NSW


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

Warnervale - Wadalba 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 a younger population relative to the NSW average.

In terms of post secondary qualifications, Warnervale - Wadalba 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 Warnervale - Wadalba earn less than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Warnervale - Wadalba is greater than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in Warnervale - Wadalba are making monthly payments which are above the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Warnervale - Wadalba'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 good.

Warnervale - Wadalba'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 good

The following table has more indicators which allow you to appraise Warnervale - Wadalba relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Warnervale - Wadalba NSW Australia
Median Age 35 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 44.79% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $631 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1801 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1678 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2037 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $450 $380 $335
Average household size 3.10 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 32.26% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 5.70% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 6.52% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 6.00% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 70.73% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 60.58% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 65.40% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 58.57% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.81% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 7.42% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 10.44% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 12.59% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 8.06% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 3.61% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.48% 1.76% 1.70%