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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Clayton South, VIC


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

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

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

Clayton 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.

Clayton 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 Clayton South relative to VIC and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Clayton South VIC Australia
Median Age 33 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 41.47% 38.74% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $489 $644 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1342 $1715.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1257 $1419.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1680 $1728 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $342 $325 $335
Average household size 2.80 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 34.83% 33.66% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 8.88% 6.56% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 10.01% 6.65% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 9.42% 6.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 65.93% 69.94% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 52.20% 59.43% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 59.21% 64.53% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 50.83% 60.46% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.09% 0.33% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 11.68% 7.77% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 5.14% 8.34% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 10.27% 10.22% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 8.70% 6.61% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 4.31% 3.90% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.24% 1.57% 1.70%