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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Golden Grove, SA


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

Golden Grove 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, Golden Grove 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 Golden Grove earn more than the median individual income for SA, while median family income in Golden Grove is greater than the median family income for SA.

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

Golden Grove'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 good.

Golden Grove'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 good

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

Indicator - August 2016 Golden Grove SA Australia
Median Age 42 40 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 43.58% 43.49% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $704 $600 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1876 $1510.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1523 $1206.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1700 $1491 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $300 $260 $335
Average household size 2.60 2.40 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 34.62% 36.24% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 6.67% 8.10% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 5.20% 6.84% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 5.95% 7.50% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 72.12% 66.09% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 64.31% 57.40% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 68.02% 61.64% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 61.13% 58.30% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.65% 1.24% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 7.81% 7.99% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 7.79% 7.59% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 12.27% 10.69% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.25% 6.67% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 3.83% 2.72% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.54% 1.34% 1.70%