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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Carlton, VIC


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

Carlton 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 a younger population relative to the VIC average.

In terms of post secondary qualifications, Carlton has education levels which are above the VIC average. This reduces the likelihood that the suburb will experience job losses in a national contraction.

Individuals in Carlton earn less than the median individual income for VIC, while median family income in Carlton is less than the median family income for VIC.

Mortgage holders in Carlton are making monthly payments which are above the median VIC mortgage repayment.

Carlton'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 poor.

Carlton'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 poor

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

Indicator - August 2016 Carlton VIC Australia
Median Age 24 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 36.98% 38.74% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $338 $644 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1359 $1715.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $561 $1419.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1869 $1728 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $380 $325 $335
Average household size 1.90 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 38.12% 33.66% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 17.45% 6.56% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 21.17% 6.65% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 19.33% 6.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 52.90% 69.94% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 46.92% 59.43% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 49.63% 64.53% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 36.34% 60.46% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.18% 0.33% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 2.66% 7.77% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 2.55% 8.34% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 8.88% 10.22% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 14.69% 6.61% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 4.28% 3.90% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.58% 1.57% 1.70%