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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Castle Hill - East, NSW


The suburb of Castle Hill - East is a Medium low risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Castle Hill - East 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, Castle Hill - East 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 Castle Hill - East earn less than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Castle Hill - East is greater than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in Castle Hill - East are making monthly payments which are above the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Castle Hill - East'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.

Castle Hill - East'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 Castle Hill - East relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Castle Hill - East NSW Australia
Median Age 51 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 31.55% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $646 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2507 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1695 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2383 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $531 $380 $335
Average household size 2.70 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 32.95% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 5.63% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 4.60% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 4.87% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 63.26% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 47.53% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 54.63% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 45.26% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.00% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 5.77% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 6.60% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 11.54% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 4.20% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 7.71% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.08% 1.76% 1.70%