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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Edensor Park, NSW


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

Edensor Park is located in the Sydney area, in NSW. Its CofFEE EVI score of suggests that it's residents are very 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, Edensor 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 Edensor Park earn less than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Edensor Park is less than the median family income for NSW.

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

Edensor 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 poor.

Edensor 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 poor

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

Indicator - August 2016 Edensor Park NSW Australia
Median Age 36 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 51.87% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $488 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1565 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1637 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2000 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $425 $380 $335
Average household size 3.50 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 31.30% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 7.90% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 8.19% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 8.05% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 66.37% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 51.31% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 58.63% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 52.24% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.12% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 10.00% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 11.01% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 11.28% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 6.93% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 4.63% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.02% 1.76% 1.70%