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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Ferntree Gully (South) - Upper Ferntree Gully, VIC


The suburb of Ferntree Gully (South) - Upper Ferntree Gully is a Amber Alert - Medium high risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Ferntree Gully (South) - Upper Ferntree Gully 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, Ferntree Gully (South) - Upper Ferntree Gully 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 Ferntree Gully (South) - Upper Ferntree Gully earn more than the median individual income for VIC, while median family income in Ferntree Gully (South) - Upper Ferntree Gully is greater than the median family income for VIC.

Mortgage holders in Ferntree Gully (South) - Upper Ferntree Gully are making monthly payments which are above the median VIC mortgage repayment.

Ferntree Gully (South) - Upper Ferntree Gully'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 good.

Ferntree Gully (South) - Upper Ferntree Gully'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 good

The following table has more indicators which allow you to appraise Ferntree Gully (South) - Upper Ferntree Gully relative to VIC and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Ferntree Gully (South) - Upper Ferntree Gully VIC Australia
Median Age 38 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 41.47% 38.74% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $672 $644 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1794 $1715.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1574 $1419.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1733 $1728 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $351 $325 $335
Average household size 2.70 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 33.79% 33.66% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 5.45% 6.56% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 5.40% 6.65% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 5.52% 6.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 74.63% 69.94% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 64.96% 59.43% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 69.67% 64.53% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 63.60% 60.46% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.09% 0.33% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 9.94% 7.77% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 11.94% 8.34% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 11.75% 10.22% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.19% 6.61% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.91% 3.90% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.17% 1.57% 1.70%