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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park, QLD


The suburb of Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park is a Low risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park is located in the Brisbane area, in QLD. Its CofFEE EVI score of suggests that it's residents are well placed to avoid employment loss if the national economy contracts

It has an older population relative to the QLD average.

In terms of post secondary qualifications, Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park 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 Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park earn more than the median individual income for QLD, while median family income in Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park is greater than the median family income for QLD.

Mortgage holders in Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park are making monthly payments which are above the median QLD mortgage repayment.

Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park'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.

Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park'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 Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park relative to QLD and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park QLD Australia
Median Age 39 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 30.02% 40.98% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $890 $660 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2427 $1661.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $2237 $1402.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2054 $1733 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $435 $330 $335
Average household size 2.90 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 32.19% 32.38% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 5.93% 7.82% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 4.48% 7.35% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 5.04% 7.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 77.15% 70.23% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 68.89% 61.44% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 72.80% 65.72% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 64.58% 61.00% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 1.67% 2.34% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 5.36% 6.03% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 5.42% 8.96% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 8.29% 9.91% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.28% 7.33% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 4.33% 2.54% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.10% 1.99% 1.70%