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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Bald Hills, QLD


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

Bald Hills 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 a younger population relative to the QLD average.

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

Mortgage holders in Bald Hills are making median monthly repayments which are similar for QLD.

Bald Hills'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.

Bald Hills'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 Bald Hills relative to QLD and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Bald Hills QLD Australia
Median Age 36 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 43.74% 40.98% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $739 $660 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1813 $1661.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1650 $1402.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1733 $1733 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $375 $330 $335
Average household size 2.80 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 29.40% 32.38% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 6.94% 7.82% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 6.79% 7.35% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 6.75% 7.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 73.71% 70.23% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 67.67% 61.44% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 70.62% 65.72% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 63.27% 61.00% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.82% 2.34% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 6.38% 6.03% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 9.76% 8.96% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 10.72% 9.91% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.20% 7.33% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 3.33% 2.54% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.46% 1.99% 1.70%