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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Alkimos - Eglinton, WA


The suburb of Alkimos - Eglinton is a Medium low risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Alkimos - Eglinton 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 younger population relative to the WA average.

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

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

Alkimos - Eglinton'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.

Alkimos - Eglinton'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 Alkimos - Eglinton relative to WA and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Alkimos - Eglinton WA Australia
Median Age 28 36 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 33.14% 39.02% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $940 $724 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2105 $1910.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1952 $1595.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2291 $1993 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $360 $347 $335
Average household size 2.80 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 27.16% 32.53% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 6.26% 8.02% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 6.60% 7.54% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 6.33% 7.80% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 88.94% 73.51% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 76.08% 62.27% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 82.24% 67.83% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 70.81% 62.86% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 5.53% 6.27% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 4.02% 5.57% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 15.43% 9.80% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 10.95% 9.54% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.99% 6.45% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.68% 2.35% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.56% 1.74% 1.70%