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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Mount Lawley - Inglewood, WA


The suburb of Mount Lawley - Inglewood is a Medium low risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Mount Lawley - Inglewood is located in the Perth area, in WA. Its CofFEE EVI score of suggests that it's residents are not very vulnerable to employment loss if the national economy contracts

It has a population age which is on the WA average.

In terms of post secondary qualifications, Mount Lawley - Inglewood 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 Lawley - Inglewood earn more than the median individual income for WA, while median family income in Mount Lawley - Inglewood is greater than the median family income for WA.

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

Mount Lawley - Inglewood'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 good.

Mount Lawley - Inglewood'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 good

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

Indicator - August 2016 Mount Lawley - Inglewood WA Australia
Median Age 36 36 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 28.97% 39.02% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $923 $724 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2511 $1910.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1867 $1595.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2167 $1993 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $355 $347 $335
Average household size 2.30 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 33.54% 32.53% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 6.52% 8.02% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 5.49% 7.54% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 6.04% 7.80% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 77.17% 73.51% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 68.83% 62.27% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 72.82% 67.83% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 62.98% 62.86% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 4.91% 6.27% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 3.41% 5.57% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 6.23% 9.80% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 8.50% 9.54% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 8.14% 6.45% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 3.90% 2.35% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.21% 1.74% 1.70%