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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Beacon Hill - Narraweena, NSW


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

Beacon Hill - Narraweena 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, Beacon Hill - Narraweena 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 Beacon Hill - Narraweena earn more than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Beacon Hill - Narraweena is greater than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in Beacon Hill - Narraweena are making monthly payments which are above the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Beacon Hill - Narraweena'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.

Beacon Hill - Narraweena'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 Beacon Hill - Narraweena relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Beacon Hill - Narraweena NSW Australia
Median Age 41 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 37.30% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $726 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2243 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $2031 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2817 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $500 $380 $335
Average household size 3.00 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 34.41% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 3.67% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 3.42% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 3.56% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 70.45% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 62.03% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 66.09% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 60.89% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.13% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 5.07% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 9.96% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 11.13% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 6.03% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 5.17% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.51% 1.76% 1.70%