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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Loganlea, QLD


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

Loganlea 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, Loganlea 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 Loganlea earn less than the median individual income for QLD, while median family income in Loganlea is less than the median family income for QLD.

Mortgage holders in Loganlea are making monthly payments which are below the median QLD mortgage repayment.

Loganlea'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.

Loganlea'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 Loganlea relative to QLD and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Loganlea QLD Australia
Median Age 31 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 45.37% 40.98% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $578 $660 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1382 $1661.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1320 $1402.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1600 $1733 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $340 $330 $335
Average household size 2.90 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 31.71% 32.38% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 10.51% 7.82% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 13.06% 7.35% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 11.66% 7.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 70.02% 70.23% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 58.37% 61.44% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 64.05% 65.72% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 51.18% 61.00% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.44% 2.34% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 10.23% 6.03% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 10.21% 8.96% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.99% 9.91% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 6.89% 7.33% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 1.72% 2.54% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.96% 1.99% 1.70%