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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Frenchs Forest - Belrose, NSW


The suburb of Frenchs Forest - Belrose is a Medium low risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Frenchs Forest - Belrose 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, Frenchs Forest - Belrose 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 Frenchs Forest - Belrose earn more than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Frenchs Forest - Belrose is greater than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in Frenchs Forest - Belrose are making monthly payments which are above the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Frenchs Forest - Belrose'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.

Frenchs Forest - Belrose'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 Frenchs Forest - Belrose relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Frenchs Forest - Belrose NSW Australia
Median Age 42 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 33.68% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $828 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2606 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $2398 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $3000 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $790 $380 $335
Average household size 3.10 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 35.27% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 4.40% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 3.40% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 3.88% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 71.15% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 62.30% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 66.57% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 61.69% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.19% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 4.07% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 7.40% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 10.31% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.48% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 6.67% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.06% 1.76% 1.70%