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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Colonel Light Gardens, SA


The suburb of Colonel Light Gardens is a Medium low risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Colonel Light Gardens is located in the Adelaide area, in SA. Its CofFEE EVI score of suggests that it's residents are not very 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, Colonel Light Gardens 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 Colonel Light Gardens earn more than the median individual income for SA, while median family income in Colonel Light Gardens is greater than the median family income for SA.

Mortgage holders in Colonel Light Gardens are making monthly payments which are above the median SA mortgage repayment.

Colonel Light Gardens'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 good.

Colonel Light Gardens'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 good

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

Indicator - August 2016 Colonel Light Gardens SA Australia
Median Age 39 40 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 35.65% 43.49% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $739 $600 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2157 $1510.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1600 $1206.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1907 $1491 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $295 $260 $335
Average household size 2.60 2.40 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 38.14% 36.24% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 6.53% 8.10% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 4.96% 6.84% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 5.78% 7.50% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 72.68% 66.09% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 64.35% 57.40% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 68.24% 61.64% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 62.08% 58.30% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.91% 1.24% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 5.02% 7.99% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 6.73% 7.59% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.49% 10.69% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 6.36% 6.67% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 3.99% 2.72% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.78% 1.34% 1.70%