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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Burwood, VIC


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

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

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

Burwood'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.

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

Indicator - August 2016 Burwood VIC Australia
Median Age 29 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 39.85% 38.74% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $417 $644 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1629 $1715.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1126 $1419.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2000 $1728 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $381 $325 $335
Average household size 2.60 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 42.70% 33.66% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 14.10% 6.56% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 12.73% 6.65% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 13.41% 6.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 59.68% 69.94% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 50.47% 59.43% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 54.81% 64.53% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 45.11% 60.46% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.31% 0.33% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 4.72% 7.77% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 5.11% 8.34% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 11.85% 10.22% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 11.13% 6.61% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 4.60% 3.90% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.92% 1.57% 1.70%