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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Munruben - Park Ridge South, QLD


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

Munruben - Park Ridge South 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, Munruben - Park Ridge South 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 Munruben - Park Ridge South earn more than the median individual income for QLD, while median family income in Munruben - Park Ridge South is greater than the median family income for QLD.

Mortgage holders in Munruben - Park Ridge South are making monthly payments which are above the median QLD mortgage repayment.

Munruben - Park Ridge South'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.

Munruben - Park Ridge South'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 Munruben - Park Ridge South relative to QLD and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Munruben - Park Ridge South QLD Australia
Median Age 40 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 49.27% 40.98% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $686 $660 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1906 $1661.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1943 $1402.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1950 $1733 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $425 $330 $335
Average household size 3.30 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 29.44% 32.38% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 6.54% 7.82% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 7.20% 7.35% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 6.96% 7.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 74.95% 70.23% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 65.47% 61.44% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 70.28% 65.72% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 62.61% 61.00% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 1.15% 2.34% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 10.01% 6.03% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 14.04% 8.96% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 10.09% 9.91% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 4.28% 7.33% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 1.91% 2.54% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.53% 1.99% 1.70%