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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Largs Bay - Semaphore, SA


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

Largs Bay - Semaphore 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, Largs Bay - Semaphore 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 Largs Bay - Semaphore earn more than the median individual income for SA, while median family income in Largs Bay - Semaphore is greater than the median family income for SA.

Mortgage holders in Largs Bay - Semaphore are making monthly payments which are above the median SA mortgage repayment.

Largs Bay - Semaphore'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.

Largs Bay - Semaphore'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 Largs Bay - Semaphore relative to SA and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Largs Bay - Semaphore SA Australia
Median Age 43 40 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 41.32% 43.49% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $707 $600 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1799 $1510.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1302 $1206.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1600 $1491 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $295 $260 $335
Average household size 2.20 2.40 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 32.27% 36.24% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 7.57% 8.10% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 6.01% 6.84% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 6.81% 7.50% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 69.00% 66.09% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 64.99% 57.40% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 66.90% 61.64% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 59.45% 58.30% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 0.67% 1.24% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 8.54% 7.99% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 7.68% 7.59% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.23% 10.69% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.85% 6.67% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.48% 2.72% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.36% 1.34% 1.70%