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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Dingley Village, VIC


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

Dingley Village 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, Dingley Village 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 Dingley Village earn more than the median individual income for VIC, while median family income in Dingley Village is greater than the median family income for VIC.

Mortgage holders in Dingley Village are making monthly payments which are above the median VIC mortgage repayment.

Dingley Village'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.

Dingley Village'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 Dingley Village relative to VIC and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Dingley Village VIC Australia
Median Age 43 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 42.40% 38.74% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $694 $644 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1939 $1715.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1596 $1419.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1950 $1728 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $380 $325 $335
Average household size 2.70 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 35.07% 33.66% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 4.32% 6.56% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 4.55% 6.65% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 4.31% 6.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 71.31% 69.94% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 61.75% 59.43% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 66.43% 64.53% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 60.61% 60.46% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.16% 0.33% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 10.23% 7.77% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 9.63% 8.34% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 12.49% 10.22% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.58% 6.61% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 3.77% 3.90% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.75% 1.57% 1.70%