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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Bellbird Park - Brookwater, QLD


The suburb of Bellbird Park - Brookwater is a Medium low risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Bellbird Park - Brookwater 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, Bellbird Park - Brookwater 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 Bellbird Park - Brookwater earn more than the median individual income for QLD, while median family income in Bellbird Park - Brookwater is greater than the median family income for QLD.

Mortgage holders in Bellbird Park - Brookwater are making monthly payments which are above the median QLD mortgage repayment.

Bellbird Park - Brookwater'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.

Bellbird Park - Brookwater'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 Bellbird Park - Brookwater relative to QLD and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Bellbird Park - Brookwater QLD Australia
Median Age 30 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 38.83% 40.98% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $844 $660 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2121 $1661.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $2016 $1402.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2008 $1733 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $370 $330 $335
Average household size 3.10 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 27.78% 32.38% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 6.58% 7.82% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 7.85% 7.35% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 7.22% 7.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 81.88% 70.23% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 73.48% 61.44% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 77.62% 65.72% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 67.89% 61.00% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 1.23% 2.34% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 9.15% 6.03% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 8.22% 8.96% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 10.05% 9.91% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.10% 7.33% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.92% 2.54% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.89% 1.99% 1.70%