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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Melbourne, VIC


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

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

Mortgage holders in Melbourne are making monthly payments which are below the median VIC mortgage repayment.

Melbourne'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.

Melbourne'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 Melbourne relative to VIC and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Melbourne VIC Australia
Median Age 26 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 32.04% 38.74% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $434 $644 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1427 $1715.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $977 $1419.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1700 $1728 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $459 $325 $335
Average household size 2.00 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 37.63% 33.66% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 13.26% 6.56% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 16.94% 6.65% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 15.04% 6.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 62.61% 69.94% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 54.57% 59.43% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 58.44% 64.53% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 43.86% 60.46% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.18% 0.33% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 2.39% 7.77% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 1.95% 8.34% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 7.94% 10.22% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 23.95% 6.61% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 6.45% 3.90% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.14% 1.57% 1.70%