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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Upper Mount Gravatt, QLD


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

Upper Mount Gravatt 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, Upper Mount Gravatt 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 Upper Mount Gravatt earn less than the median individual income for QLD, while median family income in Upper Mount Gravatt is greater than the median family income for QLD.

Mortgage holders in Upper Mount Gravatt are making monthly payments which are above the median QLD mortgage repayment.

Upper Mount Gravatt'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.

Upper Mount Gravatt'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 Upper Mount Gravatt relative to QLD and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Upper Mount Gravatt QLD Australia
Median Age 32 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 38.76% 40.98% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $571 $660 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1666 $1661.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1352 $1402.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1960 $1733 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $400 $330 $335
Average household size 2.50 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 35.11% 32.38% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 8.72% 7.82% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 10.74% 7.35% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 9.83% 7.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 66.58% 70.23% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 54.34% 61.44% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 60.17% 65.72% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 51.46% 61.00% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.90% 2.34% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 5.09% 6.03% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 7.46% 8.96% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 10.66% 9.91% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 10.10% 7.33% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 3.44% 2.54% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.87% 1.99% 1.70%