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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Canning Vale - East, WA


The suburb of Canning Vale - East is a Amber Alert - Medium high risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Canning Vale - East 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, Canning Vale - East 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 Canning Vale - East earn more than the median individual income for WA, while median family income in Canning Vale - East is greater than the median family income for WA.

Mortgage holders in Canning Vale - East are making monthly payments which are above the median WA mortgage repayment.

Canning Vale - East'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.

Canning Vale - East'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 Canning Vale - East relative to WA and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Canning Vale - East WA Australia
Median Age 33 36 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 37.67% 39.02% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $746 $724 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2102 $1910.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $2073 $1595.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2100 $1993 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $435 $347 $335
Average household size 3.20 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 32.26% 32.53% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 7.89% 8.02% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 8.51% 7.54% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 8.15% 7.80% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 71.26% 73.51% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 66.54% 62.27% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 68.99% 67.83% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 61.06% 62.86% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 4.29% 6.27% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 6.81% 5.57% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 7.88% 9.80% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 10.87% 9.54% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 7.23% 6.45% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.99% 2.35% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.60% 1.74% 1.70%