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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Carrum Downs, VIC


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

Carrum Downs 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, Carrum Downs 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 Carrum Downs earn more than the median individual income for VIC, while median family income in Carrum Downs is less than the median family income for VIC.

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

Carrum Downs'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 good.

Carrum Downs'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 good

The following table has more indicators which allow you to appraise Carrum Downs relative to VIC and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Carrum Downs VIC Australia
Median Age 36 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 44.32% 38.74% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $671 $644 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1533 $1715.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1339 $1419.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1517 $1728 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $325 $325 $335
Average household size 2.60 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 29.93% 33.66% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 6.06% 6.56% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 6.95% 6.65% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 6.52% 6.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 75.81% 69.94% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 63.48% 59.43% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 69.45% 64.53% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 60.32% 60.46% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.12% 0.33% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 13.13% 7.77% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 10.74% 8.34% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 12.15% 10.22% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.54% 6.61% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.42% 3.90% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.38% 1.57% 1.70%