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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Mitchell Park, SA


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

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

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

Mitchell Park'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.

Mitchell Park'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 Mitchell Park relative to SA and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Mitchell Park SA Australia
Median Age 38 40 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 43.52% 43.49% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $519 $600 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1377 $1510.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1047 $1206.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1550 $1491 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $270 $260 $335
Average household size 2.20 2.40 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 39.20% 36.24% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 10.11% 8.10% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 7.66% 6.84% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 8.82% 7.50% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 60.09% 66.09% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 51.50% 57.40% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 55.49% 61.64% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 48.05% 58.30% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.53% 1.24% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 5.88% 7.99% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 5.70% 7.59% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 11.92% 10.69% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 8.08% 6.67% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 3.48% 2.72% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.09% 1.34% 1.70%