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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for East Victoria Park - Carlisle, WA


The suburb of East Victoria Park - Carlisle is a Medium low risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

East Victoria Park - Carlisle 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, East Victoria Park - Carlisle 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 East Victoria Park - Carlisle earn more than the median individual income for WA, while median family income in East Victoria Park - Carlisle is greater than the median family income for WA.

Mortgage holders in East Victoria Park - Carlisle are making monthly payments which are above the median WA mortgage repayment.

East Victoria Park - Carlisle'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 poor.

East Victoria Park - Carlisle'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 poor

The following table has more indicators which allow you to appraise East Victoria Park - Carlisle relative to WA and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 East Victoria Park - Carlisle WA Australia
Median Age 33 36 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 31.45% 39.02% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $782 $724 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1975 $1910.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1616 $1595.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2050 $1993 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $360 $347 $335
Average household size 2.30 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 31.40% 32.53% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 9.25% 8.02% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 7.65% 7.54% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 8.49% 7.80% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 76.32% 73.51% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 69.65% 62.27% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 73.00% 67.83% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 60.09% 62.86% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 4.94% 6.27% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 4.60% 5.57% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 8.18% 9.80% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 7.75% 9.54% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 8.53% 6.45% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.69% 2.35% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.96% 1.74% 1.70%