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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Bayview - Elanora Heights, NSW


The suburb of Bayview - Elanora Heights is a Medium low risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Bayview - Elanora Heights 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 an older population relative to the NSW average.

In terms of post secondary qualifications, Bayview - Elanora Heights 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 Bayview - Elanora Heights earn more than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Bayview - Elanora Heights is greater than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in Bayview - Elanora Heights are making monthly payments which are above the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Bayview - Elanora Heights'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.

Bayview - Elanora Heights'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 Bayview - Elanora Heights relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Bayview - Elanora Heights NSW Australia
Median Age 47 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 30.95% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $854 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2484 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $2127 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $3000 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $598 $380 $335
Average household size 2.80 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 37.99% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 2.76% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 3.57% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 3.19% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 68.17% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 57.89% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 62.86% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 57.08% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.14% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 4.70% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 11.64% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 8.13% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 4.84% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 4.86% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.65% 1.76% 1.70%