Centre of Full Employment and Equity


Home / Employment Vulnerability Index 3.0 / Profile for Noble Park - West, VIC

CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Noble Park - West, VIC


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

Noble Park - West 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 a younger population relative to the VIC average.

In terms of post secondary qualifications, Noble Park - West 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 Noble Park - West earn less than the median individual income for VIC, while median family income in Noble Park - West is less than the median family income for VIC.

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

Noble Park - West'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.

Noble Park - West'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 Noble Park - West relative to VIC and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Noble Park - West VIC Australia
Median Age 35 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 48.15% 38.74% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $460 $644 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1189 $1715.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1102 $1419.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1500 $1728 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $300 $325 $335
Average household size 2.90 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 33.76% 33.66% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 10.18% 6.56% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 12.02% 6.65% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 11.06% 6.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 63.98% 69.94% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 48.41% 59.43% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 56.15% 64.53% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 47.08% 60.46% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.12% 0.33% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 16.77% 7.77% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 5.59% 8.34% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.83% 10.22% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 7.00% 6.61% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 3.11% 3.90% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 0.90% 1.57% 1.70%