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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Sheidow Park - Trott Park, SA


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

Sheidow Park - Trott 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, Sheidow Park - Trott Park 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 Sheidow Park - Trott Park earn more than the median individual income for SA, while median family income in Sheidow Park - Trott Park is greater than the median family income for SA.

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

Sheidow Park - Trott 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 good.

Sheidow Park - Trott 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 good

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

Indicator - August 2016 Sheidow Park - Trott Park SA Australia
Median Age 35 40 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 40.60% 43.49% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $752 $600 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1840 $1510.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1648 $1206.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1560 $1491 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $335 $260 $335
Average household size 2.80 2.40 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 36.09% 36.24% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 5.62% 8.10% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 4.22% 6.84% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 4.94% 7.50% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 79.58% 66.09% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 71.82% 57.40% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 75.57% 61.64% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 69.75% 58.30% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.87% 1.24% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 7.27% 7.99% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 9.74% 7.59% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 11.94% 10.69% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.59% 6.67% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 4.13% 2.72% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 0.87% 1.34% 1.70%