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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Sydney - Haymarket - The Rocks, NSW


The suburb of Sydney - Haymarket - The Rocks is a Amber Alert - Medium high risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Sydney - Haymarket - The Rocks 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, Sydney - Haymarket - The Rocks 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 Sydney - Haymarket - The Rocks earn less than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Sydney - Haymarket - The Rocks is greater than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in Sydney - Haymarket - The Rocks are making monthly payments which are above the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Sydney - Haymarket - The Rocks's workforce is more 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.

Sydney - Haymarket - The Rocks's workforce is more 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 Sydney - Haymarket - The Rocks relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Sydney - Haymarket - The Rocks NSW Australia
Median Age 30 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 25.59% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $634 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1960 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1943 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2500 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $725 $380 $335
Average household size 2.40 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 42.62% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 5.79% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 7.26% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 6.43% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 77.12% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 67.69% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 72.39% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 57.80% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.29% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 2.61% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 2.58% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 7.35% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 27.03% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 9.32% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.25% 1.76% 1.70%