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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Freshwater - Brookvale, NSW


The suburb of Freshwater - Brookvale is a Low risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Freshwater - Brookvale is located in the Sydney area, in NSW. Its CofFEE EVI score of suggests that it's residents are well placed to avoid employment loss if the national economy contracts

It has a younger population relative to the NSW average.

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

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

Freshwater - Brookvale'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 good.

Freshwater - Brookvale'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 good

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

Indicator - August 2016 Freshwater - Brookvale NSW Australia
Median Age 36 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 27.70% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $1057 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2699 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $2251 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2600 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $550 $380 $335
Average household size 2.60 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 28.35% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 3.02% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 3.21% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 3.14% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 80.48% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 73.17% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 76.76% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 69.74% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.17% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 4.06% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 9.00% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 7.64% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 6.02% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 7.76% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.33% 1.76% 1.70%