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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Mount Barker, SA


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

Mount Barker is located in the Adelaide area, in SA. 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 SA average.

In terms of post secondary qualifications, Mount Barker has education levels which are above the SA average. This reduces the likelihood that the suburb will experience job losses in a national contraction.

Individuals in Mount Barker earn more than the median individual income for SA, while median family income in Mount Barker is greater than the median family income for SA.

Mortgage holders in Mount Barker are making monthly payments which are above the median SA mortgage repayment.

Mount Barker's workforce is more likely to be part-time employed relative to the SA average, and its labour market performance summarised by its overall unemployment rate relative to SA is good.

Mount Barker's workforce is more likely to be underemployed relative to the SA average, and its labour market performance summarised by its overall unemployment rate relative to SA is good

The following table has more indicators which allow you to appraise Mount Barker relative to SA and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Mount Barker SA Australia
Median Age 37 40 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 40.76% 43.49% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $660 $600 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1695 $1510.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1373 $1206.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1639 $1491 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $310 $260 $335
Average household size 2.60 2.40 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 37.84% 36.24% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 6.32% 8.10% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 5.81% 6.84% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 5.98% 7.50% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 72.57% 66.09% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 62.04% 57.40% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 66.99% 61.64% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 59.98% 58.30% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 1.42% 1.24% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 6.84% 7.99% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 7.81% 7.59% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 12.99% 10.69% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 6.41% 6.67% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.88% 2.72% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.53% 1.34% 1.70%