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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Davoren Park, SA


The suburb of Davoren Park is a Red Alert - high risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Davoren Park is located in the Adelaide area, in SA. Its CofFEE EVI score of suggests that it's residents are very 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, Davoren Park has education levels which are below the SA average. This increases the likelihood that the suburb will experience job losses in a national contraction.

Individuals in Davoren Park earn less than the median individual income for SA, while median family income in Davoren Park is less than the median family income for SA.

Mortgage holders in Davoren Park are making monthly payments which are below the median SA mortgage repayment.

Davoren Park's workforce is less 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 poor.

Davoren Park's workforce is less likely to be underemployed relative to the SA average, and its labour market performance summarised by its overall unemployment rate relative to SA is poor

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

Indicator - August 2016 Davoren Park SA Australia
Median Age 29 40 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 55.19% 43.49% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $485 $600 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1066 $1510.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $944 $1206.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1250 $1491 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $250 $260 $335
Average household size 2.70 2.40 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 35.77% 36.24% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 16.56% 8.10% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 15.40% 6.84% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 16.16% 7.50% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 63.60% 66.09% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 49.84% 57.40% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 56.58% 61.64% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 43.84% 58.30% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.69% 1.24% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 12.91% 7.99% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 7.83% 7.59% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 14.39% 10.69% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 6.46% 6.67% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 1.53% 2.72% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 0.84% 1.34% 1.70%