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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Riverstone - Marsden Park, NSW


The suburb of Riverstone - Marsden Park is a Medium low risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Riverstone - Marsden 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, Riverstone - Marsden Park 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 Riverstone - Marsden Park earn more than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Riverstone - Marsden Park is greater than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in Riverstone - Marsden Park are making monthly payments which are above the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Riverstone - Marsden 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 good.

Riverstone - Marsden 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 good

The following table has more indicators which allow you to appraise Riverstone - Marsden Park relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Riverstone - Marsden Park NSW Australia
Median Age 33 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 40.04% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $770 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2065 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1927 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2600 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $420 $380 $335
Average household size 3.00 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 25.56% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 4.50% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 6.28% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 5.30% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 77.14% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 65.34% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 71.26% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 62.81% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.25% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 6.83% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 12.14% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.53% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 4.92% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 5.51% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.37% 1.76% 1.70%