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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Woronora Heights, NSW


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

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

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

Woronora Heights'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.

Woronora Heights'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 Woronora Heights relative to NSW and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Woronora Heights NSW Australia
Median Age 41 38 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 35.56% 38.56% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $867 $664 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2780 $1780.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $2769 $1486.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2399 $1986 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $555 $380 $335
Average household size 3.30 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 34.37% 31.69% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 2.10% 6.28% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 2.65% 6.22% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 2.58% 6.26% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 79.40% 68.39% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 74.71% 58.51% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 77.04% 63.33% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 73.70% 59.17% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.41% 0.94% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 5.03% 5.84% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 9.60% 8.36% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.78% 9.66% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.99% 7.08% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 4.62% 4.95% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.51% 1.76% 1.70%