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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Mulgoa - Luddenham - Orchard Hills, NSW


The suburb of Mulgoa - Luddenham - Orchard Hills is a Amber Alert - Medium high risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Mulgoa - Luddenham - Orchard Hills 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 a younger population relative to the NSW average.

In terms of post secondary qualifications, Mulgoa - Luddenham - Orchard Hills 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 Mulgoa - Luddenham - Orchard Hills earn more than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Mulgoa - Luddenham - Orchard Hills is greater than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in Mulgoa - Luddenham - Orchard Hills are making monthly payments which are above the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Mulgoa - Luddenham - Orchard Hills'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.

Mulgoa - Luddenham - Orchard Hills'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 Mulgoa - Luddenham - Orchard Hills relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Mulgoa - Luddenham - Orchard Hills NSW Australia
Median Age 35 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 41.24% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $836 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2278 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $2235 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2500 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $480 $380 $335
Average household size 3.20 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 27.51% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 3.53% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 4.38% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 3.77% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 79.79% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 67.83% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 73.88% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 66.65% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.52% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 7.42% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 15.85% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.25% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 4.81% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 4.16% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.43% 1.76% 1.70%