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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Mill Park - South, VIC


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

Mill Park - South 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, Mill Park - South 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 Mill Park - South earn less than the median individual income for VIC, while median family income in Mill Park - South is less than the median family income for VIC.

Mortgage holders in Mill Park - South are making monthly payments which are below the median VIC mortgage repayment.

Mill Park - South'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.

Mill Park - South'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 Mill Park - South relative to VIC and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Mill Park - South VIC Australia
Median Age 36 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 44.16% 38.74% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $586 $644 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1570 $1715.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1469 $1419.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1612 $1728 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $331 $325 $335
Average household size 2.90 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 34.01% 33.66% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 7.81% 6.56% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 7.19% 6.65% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 7.59% 6.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 71.36% 69.94% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 59.76% 59.43% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 65.40% 64.53% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 57.64% 60.46% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.09% 0.33% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 9.06% 7.77% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 9.11% 8.34% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 12.08% 10.22% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.54% 6.61% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 3.16% 3.90% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.40% 1.57% 1.70%