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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Huntingdale - Southern River, WA


The suburb of Huntingdale - Southern River is a Amber Alert - Medium high risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Huntingdale - Southern River 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, Huntingdale - Southern River 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 Huntingdale - Southern River earn more than the median individual income for WA, while median family income in Huntingdale - Southern River is greater than the median family income for WA.

Mortgage holders in Huntingdale - Southern River are making monthly payments which are above the median WA mortgage repayment.

Huntingdale - Southern River'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.

Huntingdale - Southern River'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 Huntingdale - Southern River relative to WA and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Huntingdale - Southern River WA Australia
Median Age 32 36 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 42.59% 39.02% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $751 $724 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1998 $1910.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1901 $1595.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2066 $1993 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $400 $347 $335
Average household size 3.10 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 31.45% 32.53% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 7.91% 8.02% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 8.35% 7.54% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 8.05% 7.80% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 80.73% 73.51% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 66.30% 62.27% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 73.45% 67.83% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 65.01% 62.86% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 4.73% 6.27% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 7.29% 5.57% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 10.14% 9.80% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 10.61% 9.54% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 6.06% 6.45% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.21% 2.35% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.38% 1.74% 1.70%