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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Burnside Heights, VIC


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

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

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

Burnside Heights's workforce is less 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.

Burnside Heights's workforce is less 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 Burnside Heights relative to VIC and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Burnside Heights VIC Australia
Median Age 31 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 41.23% 38.74% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $698 $644 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1789 $1715.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1841 $1419.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2000 $1728 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $369 $325 $335
Average household size 3.60 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 30.90% 33.66% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 6.66% 6.56% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 8.06% 6.65% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 7.44% 6.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 80.43% 69.94% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 65.05% 59.43% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 72.58% 64.53% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 64.41% 60.46% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.15% 0.33% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 9.12% 7.77% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 8.21% 8.34% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.23% 10.22% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 6.31% 6.61% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 4.93% 3.90% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.53% 1.57% 1.70%