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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Beckenham - Kenwick - Langford, WA


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

Beckenham - Kenwick - Langford 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, Beckenham - Kenwick - Langford has education levels which are below the WA average. This increases the likelihood that the suburb will experience job losses in a national contraction.

Individuals in Beckenham - Kenwick - Langford earn less than the median individual income for WA, while median family income in Beckenham - Kenwick - Langford is less than the median family income for WA.

Mortgage holders in Beckenham - Kenwick - Langford are making monthly payments which are below the median WA mortgage repayment.

Beckenham - Kenwick - Langford'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.

Beckenham - Kenwick - Langford'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 Beckenham - Kenwick - Langford relative to WA and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Beckenham - Kenwick - Langford WA Australia
Median Age 33 36 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 44.71% 39.02% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $568 $724 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1417 $1910.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1299 $1595.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1700 $1993 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $340 $347 $335
Average household size 2.80 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 33.59% 32.53% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 10.88% 8.02% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 11.13% 7.54% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 10.95% 7.80% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 72.20% 73.51% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 57.42% 62.27% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 65.06% 67.83% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 54.79% 62.86% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 3.26% 6.27% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 7.74% 5.57% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 9.30% 9.80% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 10.47% 9.54% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 7.84% 6.45% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 1.97% 2.35% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.27% 1.74% 1.70%