Centre of Full Employment and Equity


Home / Employment Vulnerability Index 3.0 / Profile for Bidwill - Hebersham - Emerton, NSW

CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Bidwill - Hebersham - Emerton, NSW


The suburb of Bidwill - Hebersham - Emerton is a Red Alert - high risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Bidwill - Hebersham - Emerton is located in the Sydney area, in NSW. Its CofFEE EVI score of suggests that it's residents are 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, Bidwill - Hebersham - Emerton 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 Bidwill - Hebersham - Emerton earn less than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Bidwill - Hebersham - Emerton is less than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in Bidwill - Hebersham - Emerton are making monthly payments which are below the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Bidwill - Hebersham - Emerton'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.

Bidwill - Hebersham - Emerton'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 Bidwill - Hebersham - Emerton relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Bidwill - Hebersham - Emerton NSW Australia
Median Age 31 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 57.09% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $471 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1157 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1067 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1528 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $265 $380 $335
Average household size 3.10 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 30.14% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 11.00% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 15.61% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 13.17% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 61.19% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 45.36% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 52.86% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 41.83% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.05% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 10.01% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 8.73% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 11.49% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.82% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 3.23% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 0.92% 1.76% 1.70%