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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Seven Hills - Toongabbie, NSW


The suburb of Seven Hills - Toongabbie is a Medium low risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Seven Hills - Toongabbie 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, Seven Hills - Toongabbie 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 Seven Hills - Toongabbie earn less than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Seven Hills - Toongabbie is less than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in Seven Hills - Toongabbie are making monthly payments which are above the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Seven Hills - Toongabbie'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.

Seven Hills - Toongabbie'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 Seven Hills - Toongabbie relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Seven Hills - Toongabbie NSW Australia
Median Age 36 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 41.69% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $658 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1775 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1645 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2134 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $400 $380 $335
Average household size 3.00 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 28.19% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 6.15% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 7.48% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 6.74% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 71.46% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 58.71% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 65.09% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 57.45% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.15% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 8.11% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 8.34% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 10.14% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.57% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 5.96% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.22% 1.76% 1.70%