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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Athelstone, SA


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

Athelstone 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 an older population relative to the SA average.

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

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

Athelstone'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.

Athelstone'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 Athelstone relative to SA and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Athelstone SA Australia
Median Age 43 40 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 42.07% 43.49% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $678 $600 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1901 $1510.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1634 $1206.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1647 $1491 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $330 $260 $335
Average household size 2.70 2.40 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 38.42% 36.24% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 5.64% 8.10% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 5.24% 6.84% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 5.63% 7.50% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 70.30% 66.09% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 63.44% 57.40% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 66.81% 61.64% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 61.85% 58.30% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.65% 1.24% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 5.82% 7.99% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 9.85% 7.59% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 11.51% 10.69% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.38% 6.67% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 4.22% 2.72% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.52% 1.34% 1.70%