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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Coopers Plains, QLD


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

Coopers Plains 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, Coopers 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 Coopers Plains earn less than the median individual income for QLD, while median family income in Coopers Plains is less than the median family income for QLD.

Mortgage holders in Coopers Plains are making monthly payments which are below the median QLD mortgage repayment.

Coopers 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.

Coopers 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 Coopers Plains relative to QLD and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Coopers Plains QLD Australia
Median Age 32 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 36.98% 40.98% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $516 $660 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1453 $1661.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1305 $1402.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1700 $1733 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $350 $330 $335
Average household size 2.70 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 38.83% 32.38% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 10.48% 7.82% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 9.90% 7.35% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 10.37% 7.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 68.10% 70.23% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 58.02% 61.44% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 63.02% 65.72% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 52.64% 61.00% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.45% 2.34% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 7.04% 6.03% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 5.74% 8.96% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.60% 9.91% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 9.97% 7.33% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.24% 2.54% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.34% 1.99% 1.70%