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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Emu Plains - Leonay, NSW


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

Emu Plains - Leonay 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, Emu Plains - Leonay has education levels which are below the NSW average. This increases the likelihood that the suburb will experience job losses in a national contraction.

Individuals in Emu Plains - Leonay earn more than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Emu Plains - Leonay is greater than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in Emu Plains - Leonay are making monthly payments which are above the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Emu Plains - Leonay'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.

Emu Plains - Leonay'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 Emu Plains - Leonay relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Emu Plains - Leonay NSW Australia
Median Age 39 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 41.39% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $772 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2110 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1864 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2167 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $400 $380 $335
Average household size 2.80 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 30.49% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 4.74% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 3.68% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 4.22% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 72.59% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 60.89% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 66.40% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 61.35% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.29% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 7.10% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 11.52% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.30% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.75% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 4.35% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.40% 1.76% 1.70%