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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Clayton, VIC


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

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

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

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

Indicator - August 2016 Clayton VIC Australia
Median Age 26 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 41.57% 38.74% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $349 $644 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1373 $1715.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1070 $1419.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1800 $1728 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $360 $325 $335
Average household size 2.70 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 39.64% 33.66% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 14.14% 6.56% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 19.46% 6.65% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 16.55% 6.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 53.73% 69.94% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 44.96% 59.43% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 49.35% 64.53% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 38.88% 60.46% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.13% 0.33% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 7.42% 7.77% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 4.28% 8.34% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 10.88% 10.22% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 10.30% 6.61% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 3.72% 3.90% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.53% 1.57% 1.70%