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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Illawong - Alfords Point, NSW


The suburb of Illawong - Alfords Point is a Medium low risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Illawong - Alfords Point is located in the Sydney area, in NSW. Its CofFEE EVI score of suggests that it's residents are not very 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, Illawong - Alfords Point has education levels which are above the NSW average. This reduces the likelihood that the suburb will experience job losses in a national contraction.

Individuals in Illawong - Alfords Point earn more than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Illawong - Alfords Point is greater than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in Illawong - Alfords Point are making monthly payments which are above the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Illawong - Alfords Point'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.

Illawong - Alfords Point'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 Illawong - Alfords Point relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Illawong - Alfords Point NSW Australia
Median Age 42 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 36.87% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $846 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2554 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $2509 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2500 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $630 $380 $335
Average household size 3.20 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 31.51% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 3.82% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 3.22% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 3.61% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 73.47% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 68.56% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 71.00% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 66.99% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.09% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 5.95% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 11.04% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 10.73% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 4.17% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 5.76% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.07% 1.76% 1.70%