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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Greenfield Park - Prairiewood, NSW


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

Greenfield Park - Prairiewood 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 population age which is on the NSW average.

In terms of post secondary qualifications, Greenfield Park - Prairiewood 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 Greenfield Park - Prairiewood earn less than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Greenfield Park - Prairiewood is less than the median family income for NSW.

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

Greenfield Park - Prairiewood'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.

Greenfield Park - Prairiewood'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 Greenfield Park - Prairiewood relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Greenfield Park - Prairiewood NSW Australia
Median Age 38 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 52.57% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $445 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1400 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1430 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2000 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $420 $380 $335
Average household size 3.50 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 31.10% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 8.76% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 8.32% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 8.46% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 59.08% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 46.23% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 52.56% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 46.33% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.16% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 11.97% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 10.21% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 11.01% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.49% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 4.44% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.31% 1.76% 1.70%