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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Lurnea - Cartwright, NSW


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

Lurnea - Cartwright 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, Lurnea - Cartwright 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 Lurnea - Cartwright earn less than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Lurnea - Cartwright is less than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in Lurnea - Cartwright are making monthly payments which are below the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Lurnea - Cartwright'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.

Lurnea - Cartwright'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 Lurnea - Cartwright relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Lurnea - Cartwright NSW Australia
Median Age 34 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 52.49% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $431 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1142 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $979 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1800 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $275 $380 $335
Average household size 3.00 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 30.29% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 11.97% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 11.49% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 11.81% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 55.89% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 39.82% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 47.70% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 38.25% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.15% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 9.48% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 11.26% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.86% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.34% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.57% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.05% 1.76% 1.70%