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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Erskine Park, NSW


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

Erskine Park 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, Erskine Park 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 Erskine Park earn more than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Erskine Park is greater than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in Erskine Park are making monthly payments which are above the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Erskine Park'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.

Erskine Park'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 Erskine Park relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Erskine Park NSW Australia
Median Age 34 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 46.79% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $781 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2151 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $2104 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2000 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $410 $380 $335
Average household size 3.30 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 26.85% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 4.30% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 5.74% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 4.91% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 82.14% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 72.10% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 77.05% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 70.68% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.11% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 9.48% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 11.98% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.69% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.86% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 4.63% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.63% 1.76% 1.70%