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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Mount Druitt - Whalan, NSW


The suburb of Mount Druitt - Whalan is a Amber Alert - Medium high risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

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

Mortgage holders in Mount Druitt - Whalan are making monthly payments which are below the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Mount Druitt - Whalan'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.

Mount Druitt - Whalan'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 Mount Druitt - Whalan relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Mount Druitt - Whalan NSW Australia
Median Age 32 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 48.12% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $487 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1298 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1200 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1722 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $330 $380 $335
Average household size 3.10 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 29.78% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 10.07% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 12.65% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 11.11% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 64.99% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 47.49% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 56.04% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 46.61% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.08% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 8.79% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 7.25% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 11.61% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 6.06% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 4.21% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.18% 1.76% 1.70%