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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for St Johns Park - Wakeley, NSW


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

St Johns Park - Wakeley 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, St Johns Park - Wakeley 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 St Johns Park - Wakeley earn less than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in St Johns Park - Wakeley is less than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in St Johns Park - Wakeley are making monthly payments which are below the median NSW mortgage repayment.

St Johns Park - Wakeley'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.

St Johns Park - Wakeley'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 St Johns Park - Wakeley relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 St Johns Park - Wakeley NSW Australia
Median Age 40 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 52.56% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $461 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1432 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1453 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1950 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $420 $380 $335
Average household size 3.40 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 28.00% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 8.17% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 8.67% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 8.30% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 60.68% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 46.99% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 53.52% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 47.16% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.00% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 11.99% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 9.01% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 11.52% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 6.04% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 5.39% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.36% 1.76% 1.70%