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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Mount Hawthorn - Leederville, WA


The suburb of Mount Hawthorn - Leederville is a Low risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Mount Hawthorn - Leederville is located in the Perth area, in WA. Its CofFEE EVI score of suggests that it's residents are well placed to avoid employment loss if the national economy contracts

It has a younger population relative to the WA average.

In terms of post secondary qualifications, Mount Hawthorn - Leederville has education levels which are above the WA average. This reduces the likelihood that the suburb will experience job losses in a national contraction.

Individuals in Mount Hawthorn - Leederville earn more than the median individual income for WA, while median family income in Mount Hawthorn - Leederville is greater than the median family income for WA.

Mortgage holders in Mount Hawthorn - Leederville are making monthly payments which are above the median WA mortgage repayment.

Mount Hawthorn - Leederville's workforce is less 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 good.

Mount Hawthorn - Leederville's workforce is less likely to be underemployed relative to the WA average, and its labour market performance summarised by its overall unemployment rate relative to WA is good

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

Indicator - August 2016 Mount Hawthorn - Leederville WA Australia
Median Age 35 36 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 26.44% 39.02% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $1096 $724 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2851 $1910.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $2299 $1595.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2427 $1993 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $440 $347 $335
Average household size 2.50 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 30.18% 32.53% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 6.18% 8.02% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 5.12% 7.54% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 5.63% 7.80% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 82.22% 73.51% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 73.11% 62.27% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 77.43% 67.83% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 68.86% 62.86% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 6.67% 6.27% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 3.42% 5.57% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 7.11% 9.80% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 6.75% 9.54% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.45% 6.45% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 4.08% 2.35% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.27% 1.74% 1.70%