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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Toorak Gardens, SA


The suburb of Toorak Gardens is a Medium low risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Toorak Gardens is located in the Adelaide area, in SA. Its CofFEE EVI score of suggests that it's residents are not very vulnerable to employment loss if the national economy contracts

It has an older population relative to the SA average.

In terms of post secondary qualifications, Toorak Gardens 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 Toorak Gardens earn more than the median individual income for SA, while median family income in Toorak Gardens is greater than the median family income for SA.

Mortgage holders in Toorak Gardens are making monthly payments which are above the median SA mortgage repayment.

Toorak Gardens'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.

Toorak Gardens'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 Toorak Gardens relative to SA and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Toorak Gardens SA Australia
Median Age 45 40 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 30.11% 43.49% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $819 $600 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2312 $1510.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1582 $1206.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2000 $1491 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $300 $260 $335
Average household size 2.30 2.40 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 38.36% 36.24% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 6.30% 8.10% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 6.52% 6.84% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 6.43% 7.50% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 65.98% 66.09% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 54.23% 57.40% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 59.58% 61.64% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 53.04% 58.30% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 1.38% 1.24% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 4.24% 7.99% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 4.47% 7.59% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 8.41% 10.69% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.65% 6.67% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 3.98% 2.72% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.47% 1.34% 1.70%