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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Katoomba - Leura, NSW


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

Katoomba - Leura 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, Katoomba - Leura 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 Katoomba - Leura earn less than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Katoomba - Leura is less than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in Katoomba - Leura are making monthly payments which are below the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Katoomba - Leura'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 poor.

Katoomba - Leura'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 poor

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

Indicator - August 2016 Katoomba - Leura NSW Australia
Median Age 48 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 31.57% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $568 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1435 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1046 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1560 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $310 $380 $335
Average household size 2.10 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 44.02% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 6.62% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 6.43% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 6.69% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 59.40% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 53.71% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 56.40% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 48.99% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.32% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 3.15% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 5.46% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 8.39% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 14.10% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 1.76% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.28% 1.76% 1.70%