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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for West Pennant Hills, NSW


The suburb of West Pennant Hills is a Medium low risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

West Pennant Hills is located in the Sydney area, in NSW. Its CofFEE EVI score of suggests that it's residents are not 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, West Pennant Hills 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 West Pennant Hills earn more than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in West Pennant Hills is greater than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in West Pennant Hills are making monthly payments which are above the median NSW mortgage repayment.

West Pennant Hills'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.

West Pennant Hills'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 West Pennant Hills relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 West Pennant Hills NSW Australia
Median Age 41 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 31.75% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $878 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2876 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $2816 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2770 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $630 $380 $335
Average household size 3.30 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 31.82% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 5.10% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 3.85% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 4.59% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 72.18% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 62.10% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 67.01% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 62.51% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.24% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 5.42% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 6.59% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.26% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 4.44% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 8.32% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.52% 1.76% 1.70%