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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Bull Creek, WA


The suburb of Bull Creek is a Medium low risk job loss community based on the CofFEE EVI modelling.

Bull Creek is located in the Perth area, in WA. Its CofFEE EVI score of suggests that it's residents are not very 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, Bull Creek 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 Bull Creek earn less than the median individual income for WA, while median family income in Bull Creek is greater than the median family income for WA.

Mortgage holders in Bull Creek are making monthly payments which are above the median WA mortgage repayment.

Bull Creek'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.

Bull Creek'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 Bull Creek relative to WA and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Bull Creek WA Australia
Median Age 44 36 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 33.32% 39.02% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $648 $724 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $2062 $1910.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1626 $1595.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2000 $1993 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $425 $347 $335
Average household size 2.70 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 37.89% 32.53% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 9.46% 8.02% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 6.55% 7.54% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 8.23% 7.80% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 65.82% 73.51% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 52.45% 62.27% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 58.83% 67.83% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 52.43% 62.86% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 4.43% 6.27% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 4.46% 5.57% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 6.51% 9.80% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 8.59% 9.54% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 6.42% 6.45% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 3.42% 2.35% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.63% 1.74% 1.70%