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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Sunshine, VIC


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

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

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

Sunshine'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.

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

Indicator - August 2016 Sunshine VIC Australia
Median Age 34 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 43.46% 38.74% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $494 $644 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1305 $1715.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1185 $1419.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1600 $1728 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $300 $325 $335
Average household size 2.70 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 35.92% 33.66% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 10.94% 6.56% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 11.88% 6.65% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 11.42% 6.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 68.63% 69.94% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 55.21% 59.43% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 62.18% 64.53% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 50.91% 60.46% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.00% 0.33% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 9.37% 7.77% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 6.65% 8.34% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.42% 10.22% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 9.22% 6.61% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 3.98% 3.90% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.14% 1.57% 1.70%