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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Watsonia, VIC


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

Watsonia 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, Watsonia 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 Watsonia earn more than the median individual income for VIC, while median family income in Watsonia is greater than the median family income for VIC.

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

Watsonia's workforce is less 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.

Watsonia's workforce is less 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 Watsonia relative to VIC and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Watsonia VIC Australia
Median Age 39 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 39.45% 38.74% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $692 $644 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1893 $1715.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1545 $1419.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1800 $1728 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $340 $325 $335
Average household size 2.60 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 32.40% 33.66% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 5.12% 6.56% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 4.52% 6.65% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 4.92% 6.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 70.16% 69.94% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 59.84% 59.43% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 64.86% 64.53% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 59.30% 60.46% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.14% 0.33% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 6.08% 7.77% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 9.94% 8.34% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.60% 10.22% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 4.65% 6.61% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 4.45% 3.90% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.57% 1.57% 1.70%