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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Dawesville - Bouvard, WA


The suburb of Dawesville - Bouvard is a Red Alert - high risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Dawesville - Bouvard is located in the Perth area, in WA. Its CofFEE EVI score of suggests that it's residents are very vulnerable to employment loss if the national economy contracts

It has an older population relative to the WA average.

In terms of post secondary qualifications, Dawesville - Bouvard has education levels which are below the WA average. This increases the likelihood that the suburb will experience job losses in a national contraction.

Individuals in Dawesville - Bouvard earn less than the median individual income for WA, while median family income in Dawesville - Bouvard is less than the median family income for WA.

Mortgage holders in Dawesville - Bouvard are making monthly payments which are above the median WA mortgage repayment.

Dawesville - Bouvard's workforce is more likely to be part-time employed relative to the WA average, and its labour market performance summarised by its overall unemployment rate relative to WA is poor.

Dawesville - Bouvard's workforce is more likely to be underemployed relative to the WA average, and its labour market performance summarised by its overall unemployment rate relative to WA is poor

The following table has more indicators which allow you to appraise Dawesville - Bouvard relative to WA and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Dawesville - Bouvard WA Australia
Median Age 43 36 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 42.68% 39.02% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $566 $724 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1516 $1910.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1283 $1595.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2000 $1993 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $350 $347 $335
Average household size 2.60 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 36.12% 32.53% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 9.54% 8.02% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 11.63% 7.54% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 10.63% 7.80% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 62.21% 73.51% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 54.12% 62.27% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 58.13% 67.83% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 48.46% 62.86% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 11.93% 6.27% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 6.60% 5.57% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 14.54% 9.80% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 10.05% 9.54% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 6.38% 6.45% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 1.41% 2.35% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.81% 1.74% 1.70%