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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Glenhaven, NSW


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

Glenhaven is located in the Sydney 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, Glenhaven has education levels which are above the NSW average. This reduces the likelihood that the suburb will experience job losses in a national contraction.

Individuals in Glenhaven earn more than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Glenhaven is greater than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in Glenhaven are making monthly payments which are above the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Glenhaven'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.

Glenhaven'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 Glenhaven relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Glenhaven NSW Australia
Median Age 45 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 34.58% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $795 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2510 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $2238 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2610 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $648 $380 $335
Average household size 3.00 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 34.58% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 3.60% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 4.19% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 3.84% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 69.99% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 56.46% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 62.95% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 58.78% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.33% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 5.83% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 11.49% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 10.39% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 4.33% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 6.00% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.86% 1.76% 1.70%