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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Kalamunda - Maida Vale - Gooseberry Hill, WA


The suburb of Kalamunda - Maida Vale - Gooseberry Hill is a Amber Alert - Medium high risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Kalamunda - Maida Vale - Gooseberry Hill 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, Kalamunda - Maida Vale - Gooseberry Hill 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 Kalamunda - Maida Vale - Gooseberry Hill earn less than the median individual income for WA, while median family income in Kalamunda - Maida Vale - Gooseberry Hill is greater than the median family income for WA.

Mortgage holders in Kalamunda - Maida Vale - Gooseberry Hill are making monthly payments which are above the median WA mortgage repayment.

Kalamunda - Maida Vale - Gooseberry Hill'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 good.

Kalamunda - Maida Vale - Gooseberry Hill'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 good

The following table has more indicators which allow you to appraise Kalamunda - Maida Vale - Gooseberry Hill relative to WA and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Kalamunda - Maida Vale - Gooseberry Hill WA Australia
Median Age 45 36 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 37.73% 39.02% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $715 $724 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2035 $1910.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1679 $1595.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2150 $1993 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $375 $347 $335
Average household size 2.60 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 36.20% 32.53% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 6.57% 8.02% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 6.29% 7.54% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 6.43% 7.80% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 68.78% 73.51% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 57.54% 62.27% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 62.99% 67.83% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 55.89% 62.86% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 5.31% 6.27% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 4.92% 5.57% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 10.31% 9.80% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.12% 9.54% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 4.87% 6.45% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.33% 2.35% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.71% 1.74% 1.70%