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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Yagoona - Birrong, NSW


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

Yagoona - Birrong 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, Yagoona - Birrong 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 Yagoona - Birrong earn less than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Yagoona - Birrong is less than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in Yagoona - Birrong are making monthly payments which are above the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Yagoona - Birrong'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.

Yagoona - Birrong'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 Yagoona - Birrong relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Yagoona - Birrong NSW Australia
Median Age 34 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 50.24% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $468 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1353 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1225 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1996 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $380 $380 $335
Average household size 3.20 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 31.46% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 9.96% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 9.23% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 9.62% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 63.50% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 46.18% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 54.70% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 46.46% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.04% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 8.79% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 10.13% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 10.96% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.47% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 4.33% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.38% 1.76% 1.70%