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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Ipswich - Central, QLD


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

Ipswich - Central 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 an older population relative to the QLD average.

In terms of post secondary qualifications, Ipswich - Central 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 Ipswich - Central earn less than the median individual income for QLD, while median family income in Ipswich - Central is less than the median family income for QLD.

Mortgage holders in Ipswich - Central are making monthly payments which are below the median QLD mortgage repayment.

Ipswich - Central'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.

Ipswich - Central'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 Ipswich - Central relative to QLD and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Ipswich - Central QLD Australia
Median Age 38 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 43.15% 40.98% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $554 $660 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1468 $1661.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1188 $1402.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1517 $1733 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $260 $330 $335
Average household size 2.40 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 33.11% 32.38% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 10.95% 7.82% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 10.48% 7.35% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 10.88% 7.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 63.52% 70.23% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 56.50% 61.44% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 59.98% 65.72% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 49.17% 61.00% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.68% 2.34% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 7.34% 6.03% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 8.20% 8.96% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.14% 9.91% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 6.32% 7.33% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.07% 2.54% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.73% 1.99% 1.70%