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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Eight Mile Plains, QLD


The suburb of Eight Mile Plains is a Medium low risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Eight Mile Plains is located in the Brisbane area, in QLD. Its CofFEE EVI score of suggests that it's residents are not very 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, Eight Mile Plains 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 Eight Mile Plains earn less than the median individual income for QLD, while median family income in Eight Mile Plains is greater than the median family income for QLD.

Mortgage holders in Eight Mile Plains are making monthly payments which are above the median QLD mortgage repayment.

Eight Mile Plains'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 poor.

Eight Mile Plains'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 poor

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

Indicator - August 2016 Eight Mile Plains QLD Australia
Median Age 33 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 37.00% 40.98% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $611 $660 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1713 $1661.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1618 $1402.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1900 $1733 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $415 $330 $335
Average household size 2.90 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 34.67% 32.38% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 8.11% 7.82% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 8.53% 7.35% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 8.24% 7.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 71.09% 70.23% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 59.07% 61.44% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 64.95% 65.72% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 57.20% 61.00% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.78% 2.34% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 5.71% 6.03% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 6.54% 8.96% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.66% 9.91% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 9.33% 7.33% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 3.35% 2.54% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.72% 1.99% 1.70%