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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Kelvin Grove - Herston, QLD


The suburb of Kelvin Grove - Herston is a Medium low risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Kelvin Grove - Herston 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, Kelvin Grove - Herston 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 Kelvin Grove - Herston earn less than the median individual income for QLD, while median family income in Kelvin Grove - Herston is greater than the median family income for QLD.

Mortgage holders in Kelvin Grove - Herston are making monthly payments which are above the median QLD mortgage repayment.

Kelvin Grove - Herston'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.

Kelvin Grove - Herston'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 Kelvin Grove - Herston relative to QLD and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Kelvin Grove - Herston QLD Australia
Median Age 27 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 31.94% 40.98% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $589 $660 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1909 $1661.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1458 $1402.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2099 $1733 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $420 $330 $335
Average household size 2.40 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 37.06% 32.38% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 11.24% 7.82% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 11.89% 7.35% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 11.46% 7.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 66.41% 70.23% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 61.98% 61.44% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 64.14% 65.72% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 51.52% 61.00% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 1.10% 2.34% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 2.41% 6.03% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 4.61% 8.96% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.39% 9.91% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 10.62% 7.33% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 3.38% 2.54% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.06% 1.99% 1.70%