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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Birkdale, QLD


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

Birkdale is located in the Brisbane area, in QLD. 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 QLD average.

In terms of post secondary qualifications, Birkdale has education levels which are below the QLD average. This increases the likelihood that the suburb will experience job losses in a national contraction.

Individuals in Birkdale earn more than the median individual income for QLD, while median family income in Birkdale is greater than the median family income for QLD.

Mortgage holders in Birkdale are making monthly payments which are above the median QLD mortgage repayment.

Birkdale's workforce is less likely to be part-time employed relative to the QLD average, and its labour market performance summarised by its overall unemployment rate relative to QLD is good.

Birkdale's workforce is less likely to be underemployed relative to the QLD average, and its labour market performance summarised by its overall unemployment rate relative to QLD is good

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

Indicator - August 2016 Birkdale QLD Australia
Median Age 41 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 41.29% 40.98% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $719 $660 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1945 $1661.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1705 $1402.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1989 $1733 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $400 $330 $335
Average household size 2.80 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 31.56% 32.38% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 6.10% 7.82% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 5.20% 7.35% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 5.71% 7.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 73.09% 70.23% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 64.30% 61.44% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 68.59% 65.72% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 60.81% 61.00% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.90% 2.34% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 8.10% 6.03% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 11.28% 8.96% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.71% 9.91% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.01% 7.33% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.98% 2.54% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.25% 1.99% 1.70%