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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Doncaster East (North), VIC


The suburb of Doncaster East (North) is a Amber Alert - Medium high risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Doncaster East (North) 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, Doncaster East (North) 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 Doncaster East (North) earn less than the median individual income for VIC, while median family income in Doncaster East (North) is greater than the median family income for VIC.

Mortgage holders in Doncaster East (North) are making monthly payments which are above the median VIC mortgage repayment.

Doncaster East (North)'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.

Doncaster East (North)'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 Doncaster East (North) relative to VIC and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Doncaster East (North) VIC Australia
Median Age 42 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 38.02% 38.74% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $593 $644 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1880 $1715.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1743 $1419.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2100 $1728 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $455 $325 $335
Average household size 3.00 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 37.80% 33.66% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 6.39% 6.56% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 6.55% 6.65% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 6.45% 6.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 66.66% 69.94% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 56.12% 59.43% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 61.24% 64.53% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 55.34% 60.46% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.13% 0.33% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 5.61% 7.77% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 6.17% 8.34% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 12.49% 10.22% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 6.82% 6.61% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 5.76% 3.90% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.63% 1.57% 1.70%