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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Avalon - Palm Beach, NSW


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

Avalon - Palm Beach 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 an older population relative to the NSW average.

In terms of post secondary qualifications, Avalon - Palm Beach 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 Avalon - Palm Beach earn more than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Avalon - Palm Beach is greater than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in Avalon - Palm Beach are making monthly payments which are above the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Avalon - Palm Beach'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 good.

Avalon - Palm Beach'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 good

The following table has more indicators which allow you to appraise Avalon - Palm Beach relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Avalon - Palm Beach NSW Australia
Median Age 47 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 31.32% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $885 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2498 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $2169 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2900 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $650 $380 $335
Average household size 2.70 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 40.31% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 3.74% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 3.97% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 3.70% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 70.66% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 61.38% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 65.88% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 60.55% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.23% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 4.67% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 10.80% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 8.81% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.65% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 4.85% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.68% 1.76% 1.70%