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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Enfield - Blair Athol, SA


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

Enfield - Blair Athol 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, Enfield - Blair Athol 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 Enfield - Blair Athol earn less than the median individual income for SA, while median family income in Enfield - Blair Athol is less than the median family income for SA.

Mortgage holders in Enfield - Blair Athol are making monthly payments which are above the median SA mortgage repayment.

Enfield - Blair Athol'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.

Enfield - Blair Athol'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 Enfield - Blair Athol relative to SA and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Enfield - Blair Athol SA Australia
Median Age 34 40 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 42.80% 43.49% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $488 $600 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1284 $1510.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1044 $1206.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1517 $1491 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $265 $260 $335
Average household size 2.50 2.40 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 35.72% 36.24% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 13.67% 8.10% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 10.34% 6.84% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 12.25% 7.50% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 64.22% 66.09% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 52.37% 57.40% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 58.53% 61.64% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 48.35% 58.30% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.63% 1.24% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 8.85% 7.99% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 7.22% 7.59% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 10.67% 10.69% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 8.11% 6.67% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.67% 2.72% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 0.96% 1.34% 1.70%