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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Menai - Lucas Heights - Woronora, NSW


The suburb of Menai - Lucas Heights - Woronora is a Medium low risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Menai - Lucas Heights - Woronora 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, Menai - Lucas Heights - Woronora 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 Menai - Lucas Heights - Woronora earn more than the median individual income for NSW, while median family income in Menai - Lucas Heights - Woronora is greater than the median family income for NSW.

Mortgage holders in Menai - Lucas Heights - Woronora are making monthly payments which are above the median NSW mortgage repayment.

Menai - Lucas Heights - Woronora's workforce is more 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.

Menai - Lucas Heights - Woronora's workforce is more 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 Menai - Lucas Heights - Woronora relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Menai - Lucas Heights - Woronora NSW Australia
Median Age 39 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 37.78% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $846 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2466 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $2343 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2383 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $520 $380 $335
Average household size 3.10 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 32.61% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 3.84% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 3.56% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 3.69% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 77.50% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 69.40% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 73.35% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 68.61% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.09% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 6.15% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 9.17% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 10.10% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.31% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 5.44% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.81% 1.76% 1.70%