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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Gladstone Park - Westmeadows, VIC


The suburb of Gladstone Park - Westmeadows is a Red Alert - high risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Gladstone Park - Westmeadows is located in the Melbourne area, in VIC. Its CofFEE EVI score of suggests that it's residents are 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, Gladstone Park - Westmeadows 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 Gladstone Park - Westmeadows earn less than the median individual income for VIC, while median family income in Gladstone Park - Westmeadows is less than the median family income for VIC.

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

Gladstone Park - Westmeadows'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 poor.

Gladstone Park - Westmeadows'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 poor

The following table has more indicators which allow you to appraise Gladstone Park - Westmeadows relative to VIC and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Gladstone Park - Westmeadows VIC Australia
Median Age 41 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 47.56% 38.74% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $588 $644 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1602 $1715.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1386 $1419.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1710 $1728 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $327 $325 $335
Average household size 2.70 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 33.42% 33.66% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 7.38% 6.56% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 6.38% 6.65% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 6.83% 6.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 68.06% 69.94% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 57.53% 59.43% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 62.62% 64.53% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 54.96% 60.46% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.15% 0.33% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 8.10% 7.77% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 10.38% 8.34% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 10.42% 10.22% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 6.49% 6.61% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 3.79% 3.90% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.90% 1.57% 1.70%