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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Rocklea - Acacia Ridge, QLD


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

Rocklea - Acacia Ridge 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, Rocklea - Acacia Ridge 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 Rocklea - Acacia Ridge earn less than the median individual income for QLD, while median family income in Rocklea - Acacia Ridge is less than the median family income for QLD.

Mortgage holders in Rocklea - Acacia Ridge are making monthly payments which are below the median QLD mortgage repayment.

Rocklea - Acacia Ridge'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 poor.

Rocklea - Acacia Ridge'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 poor

The following table has more indicators which allow you to appraise Rocklea - Acacia Ridge relative to QLD and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Rocklea - Acacia Ridge QLD Australia
Median Age 34 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 44.65% 40.98% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $520 $660 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1275 $1661.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1177 $1402.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1517 $1733 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $325 $330 $335
Average household size 2.60 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 31.85% 32.38% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 14.19% 7.82% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 12.84% 7.35% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 13.72% 7.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 68.36% 70.23% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 55.14% 61.44% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 61.84% 65.72% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 48.80% 61.00% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.53% 2.34% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 9.56% 6.03% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 7.90% 8.96% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 10.07% 9.91% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 7.29% 7.33% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.01% 2.54% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.29% 1.99% 1.70%