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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Pascoe Vale South, VIC


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

Pascoe Vale South is located in the Melbourne area, in VIC. 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 VIC average.

In terms of post secondary qualifications, Pascoe Vale South has education levels which are below the VIC average. This increases the likelihood that the suburb will experience job losses in a national contraction.

Individuals in Pascoe Vale South earn more than the median individual income for VIC, while median family income in Pascoe Vale South is greater than the median family income for VIC.

Mortgage holders in Pascoe Vale South are making monthly payments which are above the median VIC mortgage repayment.

Pascoe Vale South's workforce is more likely to be part-time employed relative to the VIC average, and its labour market performance summarised by its overall unemployment rate relative to VIC is good.

Pascoe Vale South's workforce is more likely to be underemployed relative to the VIC average, and its labour market performance summarised by its overall unemployment rate relative to VIC is good

The following table has more indicators which allow you to appraise Pascoe Vale South relative to VIC and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Pascoe Vale South VIC Australia
Median Age 38 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 38.88% 38.74% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $723 $644 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2164 $1715.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1840 $1419.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2000 $1728 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $378 $325 $335
Average household size 2.80 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 35.18% 33.66% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 6.07% 6.56% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 5.01% 6.65% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 5.63% 6.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 72.86% 69.94% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 64.10% 59.43% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 68.33% 64.53% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 60.75% 60.46% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.16% 0.33% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 5.63% 7.77% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 8.31% 8.34% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.96% 10.22% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.30% 6.61% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 5.75% 3.90% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.44% 1.57% 1.70%