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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Mullaloo - Kallaroo, WA


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

Mullaloo - Kallaroo 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, Mullaloo - Kallaroo 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 Mullaloo - Kallaroo earn more than the median individual income for WA, while median family income in Mullaloo - Kallaroo is greater than the median family income for WA.

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

Mullaloo - Kallaroo'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.

Mullaloo - Kallaroo'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 Mullaloo - Kallaroo relative to WA and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Mullaloo - Kallaroo WA Australia
Median Age 41 36 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 35.20% 39.02% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $790 $724 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2262 $1910.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $2017 $1595.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2167 $1993 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $450 $347 $335
Average household size 2.80 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 37.07% 32.53% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 6.29% 8.02% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 6.14% 7.54% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 6.16% 7.80% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 74.16% 73.51% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 65.06% 62.27% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 69.45% 67.83% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 61.71% 62.86% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 4.95% 6.27% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 3.77% 5.57% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 14.50% 9.80% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.01% 9.54% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.27% 6.45% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 3.35% 2.35% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.23% 1.74% 1.70%