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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Murdoch - Kardinya, WA


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

Murdoch - Kardinya 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, Murdoch - Kardinya 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 Murdoch - Kardinya earn less than the median individual income for WA, while median family income in Murdoch - Kardinya is greater than the median family income for WA.

Mortgage holders in Murdoch - Kardinya are making monthly payments which are above the median WA mortgage repayment.

Murdoch - Kardinya'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.

Murdoch - Kardinya'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 Murdoch - Kardinya relative to WA and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Murdoch - Kardinya WA Australia
Median Age 41 36 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 37.54% 39.02% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $610 $724 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1920 $1910.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1596 $1595.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $2000 $1993 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $420 $347 $335
Average household size 2.60 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 38.96% 32.53% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 9.31% 8.02% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 7.81% 7.54% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 8.68% 7.80% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 66.22% 73.51% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 58.17% 62.27% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 62.10% 67.83% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 53.02% 62.86% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 3.41% 6.27% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 5.70% 5.57% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 7.17% 9.80% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 11.41% 9.54% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 7.94% 6.45% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 2.05% 2.35% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.73% 1.74% 1.70%