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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Hope Valley - Modbury, SA


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

Hope Valley - Modbury 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, Hope Valley - Modbury 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 Hope Valley - Modbury earn less than the median individual income for SA, while median family income in Hope Valley - Modbury is less than the median family income for SA.

Mortgage holders in Hope Valley - Modbury are making monthly payments which are below the median SA mortgage repayment.

Hope Valley - Modbury'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 poor.

Hope Valley - Modbury'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 poor

The following table has more indicators which allow you to appraise Hope Valley - Modbury relative to SA and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Hope Valley - Modbury SA Australia
Median Age 42 40 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 45.47% 43.49% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $538 $600 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1375 $1510.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1081 $1206.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1481 $1491 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $285 $260 $335
Average household size 2.30 2.40 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 37.27% 36.24% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 9.14% 8.10% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 8.17% 6.84% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 8.76% 7.50% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 62.15% 66.09% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 50.61% 57.40% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 56.07% 61.64% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 48.93% 58.30% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.44% 1.24% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 8.10% 7.99% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 8.38% 7.59% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 11.47% 10.69% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 6.47% 6.67% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.84% 2.72% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.22% 1.34% 1.70%