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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Deception Bay, QLD


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

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

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

Deception Bay'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 poor.

Deception Bay'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 poor

The following table has more indicators which allow you to appraise Deception Bay relative to QLD and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Deception Bay QLD Australia
Median Age 39 37 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 48.73% 40.98% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $538 $660 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1264 $1661.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1071 $1402.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1585 $1733 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $310 $330 $335
Average household size 2.60 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 32.87% 32.38% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 11.13% 7.82% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 11.44% 7.35% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 11.28% 7.60% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 62.48% 70.23% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 51.90% 61.44% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 56.96% 65.72% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 46.24% 61.00% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.86% 2.34% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 9.18% 6.03% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 10.66% 8.96% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 11.55% 9.91% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 6.15% 7.33% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 1.74% 2.54% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.67% 1.99% 1.70%