Centre of Full Employment and Equity


Home / Employment Vulnerability Index 3.0 / Profile for Niddrie - Essendon West, VIC

CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Niddrie - Essendon West, VIC


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

Niddrie - Essendon West 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, Niddrie - Essendon West 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 Niddrie - Essendon West earn more than the median individual income for VIC, while median family income in Niddrie - Essendon West is greater than the median family income for VIC.

Mortgage holders in Niddrie - Essendon West are making monthly payments which are above the median VIC mortgage repayment.

Niddrie - Essendon West'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.

Niddrie - Essendon West'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 Niddrie - Essendon West relative to VIC and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Niddrie - Essendon West VIC Australia
Median Age 39 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 38.58% 38.74% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $764 $644 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2191 $1715.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1747 $1419.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2000 $1728 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $371 $325 $335
Average household size 2.60 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 31.09% 33.66% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 4.39% 6.56% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 3.79% 6.65% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 4.04% 6.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 73.77% 69.94% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 64.92% 59.43% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 69.08% 64.53% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 63.34% 60.46% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.31% 0.33% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 5.82% 7.77% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 9.89% 8.34% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.53% 10.22% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.11% 6.61% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 5.39% 3.90% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.05% 1.57% 1.70%