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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Ormiston, QLD


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

Ormiston 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, Ormiston has education levels which are above the QLD average. This reduces the likelihood that the suburb will experience job losses in a national contraction.

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

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

Ormiston's workforce is more 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.

Ormiston's workforce is more 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 Ormiston relative to QLD and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Ormiston QLD Australia
Median Age 45 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 38.44% 40.98% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $719 $660 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1982 $1661.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1597 $1402.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2000 $1733 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $420 $330 $335
Average household size 2.60 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 33.37% 32.38% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 5.97% 7.82% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 4.86% 7.35% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 5.19% 7.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 68.79% 70.23% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 58.06% 61.44% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 63.07% 65.72% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 57.61% 61.00% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 1.62% 2.34% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 5.94% 6.03% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 9.29% 8.96% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.90% 9.91% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 6.12% 7.33% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.74% 2.54% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.77% 1.99% 1.70%