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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Boronia Heights - Park Ridge, QLD


The suburb of Boronia Heights - Park Ridge is a Amber Alert - Medium high risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Boronia Heights - Park Ridge 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, Boronia Heights - Park Ridge 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 Boronia Heights - Park Ridge earn less than the median individual income for QLD, while median family income in Boronia Heights - Park Ridge is less than the median family income for QLD.

Mortgage holders in Boronia Heights - Park Ridge are making monthly payments which are below the median QLD mortgage repayment.

Boronia Heights - Park Ridge'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 poor.

Boronia Heights - Park Ridge'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 poor

The following table has more indicators which allow you to appraise Boronia Heights - Park Ridge relative to QLD and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Boronia Heights - Park Ridge QLD Australia
Median Age 38 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 50.36% 40.98% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $548 $660 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1338 $1661.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1174 $1402.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1597 $1733 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $345 $330 $335
Average household size 2.70 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 30.90% 32.38% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 8.87% 7.82% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 11.19% 7.35% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 9.82% 7.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 66.26% 70.23% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 52.70% 61.44% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 59.10% 65.72% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 49.99% 61.00% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.43% 2.34% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 10.22% 6.03% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 11.08% 8.96% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 11.06% 9.91% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 4.86% 7.33% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 1.50% 2.54% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.11% 1.99% 1.70%