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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Riverton - Shelley - Rossmoyne, WA


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

Riverton - Shelley - Rossmoyne 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, Riverton - Shelley - Rossmoyne 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 Riverton - Shelley - Rossmoyne earn less than the median individual income for WA, while median family income in Riverton - Shelley - Rossmoyne is greater than the median family income for WA.

Mortgage holders in Riverton - Shelley - Rossmoyne are making monthly payments which are above the median WA mortgage repayment.

Riverton - Shelley - Rossmoyne'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 poor.

Riverton - Shelley - Rossmoyne'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 poor

The following table has more indicators which allow you to appraise Riverton - Shelley - Rossmoyne relative to WA and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Riverton - Shelley - Rossmoyne WA Australia
Median Age 41 36 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 34.80% 39.02% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $645 $724 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2024 $1910.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1693 $1595.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2167 $1993 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $400 $347 $335
Average household size 2.80 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 39.62% 32.53% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 9.16% 8.02% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 8.48% 7.54% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 8.86% 7.80% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 68.57% 73.51% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 55.88% 62.27% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 61.94% 67.83% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 54.39% 62.86% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 4.21% 6.27% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 5.16% 5.57% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 7.08% 9.80% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.30% 9.54% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 7.23% 6.45% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.81% 2.35% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 2.02% 1.74% 1.70%