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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Somerville, VIC


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

Somerville 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 an older population relative to the VIC average.

In terms of post secondary qualifications, Somerville 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 Somerville earn more than the median individual income for VIC, while median family income in Somerville is greater than the median family income for VIC.

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

Somerville'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 good.

Somerville'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 good

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

Indicator - August 2016 Somerville VIC Australia
Median Age 40 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 42.32% 38.74% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $667 $644 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1722 $1715.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1479 $1419.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1600 $1728 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $323 $325 $335
Average household size 2.70 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 35.25% 33.66% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 4.02% 6.56% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 4.70% 6.65% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 4.45% 6.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 74.61% 69.94% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 64.50% 59.43% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 69.33% 64.53% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 62.49% 60.46% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.29% 0.33% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 8.75% 7.77% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 15.16% 8.34% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 11.28% 10.22% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.35% 6.61% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 1.55% 3.90% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.31% 1.57% 1.70%