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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Helena Valley - Koongamia, WA


The suburb of Helena Valley - Koongamia is a Amber Alert - Medium high risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Helena Valley - Koongamia is located in the Perth area, in WA. 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 WA average.

In terms of post secondary qualifications, Helena Valley - Koongamia 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 Helena Valley - Koongamia earn more than the median individual income for WA, while median family income in Helena Valley - Koongamia is greater than the median family income for WA.

Mortgage holders in Helena Valley - Koongamia are making monthly payments which are above the median WA mortgage repayment.

Helena Valley - Koongamia'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.

Helena Valley - Koongamia'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 Helena Valley - Koongamia relative to WA and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Helena Valley - Koongamia WA Australia
Median Age 39 36 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 42.22% 39.02% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $735 $724 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1986 $1910.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1713 $1595.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2000 $1993 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $320 $347 $335
Average household size 2.60 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 33.77% 32.53% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 7.19% 8.02% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 6.83% 7.54% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 6.98% 7.80% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 74.63% 73.51% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 63.78% 62.27% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 69.05% 67.83% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 61.28% 62.86% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 6.01% 6.27% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 6.20% 5.57% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 9.96% 9.80% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 10.79% 9.54% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 4.58% 6.45% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.03% 2.35% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.33% 1.74% 1.70%