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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Manly Vale - Allambie Heights, NSW


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

Manly Vale - Allambie 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, Manly Vale - Allambie 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 Manly Vale - Allambie Heights earn more than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Manly Vale - Allambie Heights is greater than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in Manly Vale - Allambie Heights are making monthly payments which are above the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Manly Vale - Allambie 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.

Manly Vale - Allambie 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 Manly Vale - Allambie Heights relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Manly Vale - Allambie Heights NSW Australia
Median Age 39 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 30.05% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $875 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2624 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $2187 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2786 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $500 $380 $335
Average household size 2.80 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 34.30% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 3.84% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 3.47% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 3.66% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 75.37% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 67.52% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 71.30% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 65.32% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.18% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 4.09% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 8.17% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 8.98% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.87% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 8.11% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.19% 1.76% 1.70%