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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Rivervale - Kewdale - Cloverdale, WA


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

Rivervale - Kewdale - Cloverdale 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 a younger population relative to the WA average.

In terms of post secondary qualifications, Rivervale - Kewdale - Cloverdale 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 Rivervale - Kewdale - Cloverdale earn less than the median individual income for WA, while median family income in Rivervale - Kewdale - Cloverdale is less than the median family income for WA.

Mortgage holders in Rivervale - Kewdale - Cloverdale are making monthly payments which are below the median WA mortgage repayment.

Rivervale - Kewdale - Cloverdale'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.

Rivervale - Kewdale - Cloverdale'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 Rivervale - Kewdale - Cloverdale relative to WA and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Rivervale - Kewdale - Cloverdale WA Australia
Median Age 33 36 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 37.09% 39.02% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $703 $724 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1650 $1910.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1393 $1595.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1950 $1993 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $350 $347 $335
Average household size 2.40 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 30.02% 32.53% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 9.30% 8.02% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 9.15% 7.54% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 9.21% 7.80% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 75.01% 73.51% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 61.79% 62.27% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 68.52% 67.83% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 55.49% 62.86% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 5.39% 6.27% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 5.12% 5.57% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 9.69% 9.80% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 8.47% 9.54% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 8.76% 6.45% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.61% 2.35% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.03% 1.74% 1.70%