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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Halls Head - Erskine, WA


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

Halls Head - Erskine 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, Halls Head - Erskine 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 Halls Head - Erskine earn less than the median individual income for WA, while median family income in Halls Head - Erskine is less than the median family income for WA.

Mortgage holders in Halls Head - Erskine are making monthly payments which are below the median WA mortgage repayment.

Halls Head - Erskine'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.

Halls Head - Erskine'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 Halls Head - Erskine relative to WA and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Halls Head - Erskine WA Australia
Median Age 45 36 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 44.56% 39.02% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $580 $724 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1574 $1910.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1273 $1595.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1950 $1993 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $350 $347 $335
Average household size 2.50 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 36.17% 32.53% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 9.57% 8.02% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 9.36% 7.54% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 9.51% 7.80% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 62.88% 73.51% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 51.31% 62.27% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 56.79% 67.83% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 48.13% 62.86% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 9.81% 6.27% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 7.02% 5.57% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 12.00% 9.80% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 11.93% 9.54% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 7.01% 6.45% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 1.51% 2.35% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.38% 1.74% 1.70%