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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Box Hill North, VIC


The suburb of Box Hill North is a Medium low risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Box Hill North is located in the Melbourne area, in VIC. 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 VIC average.

In terms of post secondary qualifications, Box Hill 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 Box Hill North earn less than the median individual income for VIC, while median family income in Box Hill North is greater than the median family income for VIC.

Mortgage holders in Box Hill North are making monthly payments which are above the median VIC mortgage repayment.

Box Hill 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 poor.

Box Hill 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 poor

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

Indicator - August 2016 Box Hill North VIC Australia
Median Age 38 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 34.33% 38.74% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $633 $644 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1905 $1715.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1544 $1419.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2000 $1728 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $391 $325 $335
Average household size 2.70 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 36.80% 33.66% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 7.14% 6.56% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 6.17% 6.65% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 6.71% 6.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 68.51% 69.94% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 58.20% 59.43% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 63.10% 64.53% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 56.81% 60.46% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.12% 0.33% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 5.11% 7.77% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 5.94% 8.34% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.08% 10.22% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 7.33% 6.61% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 5.13% 3.90% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.17% 1.57% 1.70%