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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Blacktown (East) - Kings Park, NSW


The suburb of Blacktown (East) - Kings Park is a Medium low risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Blacktown (East) - Kings Park 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 a younger population relative to the NSW average.

In terms of post secondary qualifications, Blacktown (East) - Kings Park 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 Blacktown (East) - Kings Park earn more than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Blacktown (East) - Kings Park is less than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in Blacktown (East) - Kings Park are making monthly payments which are below the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Blacktown (East) - Kings Park's workforce is less 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.

Blacktown (East) - Kings Park's workforce is less 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 Blacktown (East) - Kings Park relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Blacktown (East) - Kings Park NSW Australia
Median Age 32 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 37.91% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $667 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1570 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1478 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1900 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $380 $380 $335
Average household size 2.80 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 27.54% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 6.68% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 9.49% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 7.92% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 75.30% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 58.60% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 67.09% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 58.06% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.12% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 8.01% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 7.48% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.95% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 6.77% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 4.69% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.07% 1.76% 1.70%