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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Burpengary, QLD


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

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

Mortgage holders in Burpengary are making median monthly repayments which are similar for QLD.

Burpengary's workforce is more 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.

Burpengary's workforce is more 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 Burpengary relative to QLD and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Burpengary QLD Australia
Median Age 37 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 46.48% 40.98% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $638 $660 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1626 $1661.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1457 $1402.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1733 $1733 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $325 $330 $335
Average household size 2.80 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 32.77% 32.38% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 7.35% 7.82% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 7.09% 7.35% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 7.25% 7.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 72.21% 70.23% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 61.38% 61.44% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 66.66% 65.72% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 58.78% 61.00% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 1.10% 2.34% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 7.94% 6.03% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 13.21% 8.96% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 12.04% 9.91% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.76% 7.33% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.35% 2.54% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.66% 1.99% 1.70%