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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Woodville - Cheltenham, SA


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

Woodville - Cheltenham 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, Woodville - Cheltenham 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 Woodville - Cheltenham earn less than the median individual income for SA, while median family income in Woodville - Cheltenham is less than the median family income for SA.

Mortgage holders in Woodville - Cheltenham are making monthly payments which are above the median SA mortgage repayment.

Woodville - Cheltenham'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 poor.

Woodville - Cheltenham'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 poor

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

Indicator - August 2016 Woodville - Cheltenham SA Australia
Median Age 37 40 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 45.43% 43.49% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $553 $600 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1437 $1510.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1157 $1206.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1600 $1491 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $277 $260 $335
Average household size 2.50 2.40 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 35.18% 36.24% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 9.87% 8.10% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 8.14% 6.84% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 9.00% 7.50% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 67.04% 66.09% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 57.46% 57.40% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 62.21% 61.64% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 53.81% 58.30% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.45% 1.24% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 10.04% 7.99% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 7.24% 7.59% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 10.69% 10.69% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 8.07% 6.67% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.41% 2.72% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.09% 1.34% 1.70%