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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Shailer Park, QLD


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

Shailer Park 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 population age which is on the QLD average.

In terms of post secondary qualifications, Shailer Park 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 Shailer Park earn more than the median individual income for QLD, while median family income in Shailer Park is greater than the median family income for QLD.

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

Shailer Park'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.

Shailer Park'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 Shailer Park relative to QLD and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Shailer Park QLD Australia
Median Age 37 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 39.93% 40.98% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $783 $660 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2064 $1661.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1947 $1402.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1950 $1733 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $385 $330 $335
Average household size 2.90 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 30.69% 32.38% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 6.44% 7.82% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 5.32% 7.35% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 5.79% 7.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 78.69% 70.23% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 69.72% 61.44% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 74.18% 65.72% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 66.86% 61.00% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.76% 2.34% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 6.74% 6.03% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 12.51% 8.96% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 10.94% 9.91% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.32% 7.33% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 3.42% 2.54% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.30% 1.99% 1.70%