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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Wolffdene - Bahrs Scrub, QLD


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

Wolffdene - Bahrs Scrub 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, Wolffdene - Bahrs Scrub 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 Wolffdene - Bahrs Scrub earn more than the median individual income for QLD, while median family income in Wolffdene - Bahrs Scrub is greater than the median family income for QLD.

Mortgage holders in Wolffdene - Bahrs Scrub are making monthly payments which are above the median QLD mortgage repayment.

Wolffdene - Bahrs Scrub'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.

Wolffdene - Bahrs Scrub'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 Wolffdene - Bahrs Scrub relative to QLD and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Wolffdene - Bahrs Scrub QLD Australia
Median Age 35 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 44.70% 40.98% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $747 $660 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1920 $1661.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1843 $1402.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1950 $1733 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $400 $330 $335
Average household size 3.00 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 30.24% 32.38% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 6.31% 7.82% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 5.60% 7.35% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 5.97% 7.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 76.67% 70.23% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 67.49% 61.44% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 72.05% 65.72% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 64.92% 61.00% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.77% 2.34% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 9.50% 6.03% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 15.69% 8.96% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 10.44% 9.91% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.19% 7.33% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.55% 2.54% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.19% 1.99% 1.70%