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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Kensington (NSW), NSW


The suburb of Kensington (NSW) is a Medium low risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Kensington (NSW) 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, Kensington (NSW) 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 Kensington (NSW) earn less than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Kensington (NSW) is greater than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in Kensington (NSW) are making monthly payments which are above the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Kensington (NSW)'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.

Kensington (NSW)'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 Kensington (NSW) relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Kensington (NSW) NSW Australia
Median Age 26 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 38.99% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $511 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2197 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1642 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2600 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $515 $380 $335
Average household size 2.40 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 34.94% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 10.02% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 11.49% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 10.68% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 60.12% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 57.60% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 58.87% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 48.61% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.17% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 2.36% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 5.02% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 8.73% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 11.38% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 6.43% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.02% 1.76% 1.70%