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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Rockingham, WA


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

Rockingham 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, Rockingham 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 Rockingham earn less than the median individual income for WA, while median family income in Rockingham is less than the median family income for WA.

Mortgage holders in Rockingham are making monthly payments which are below the median WA mortgage repayment.

Rockingham'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.

Rockingham'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 Rockingham relative to WA and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Rockingham WA Australia
Median Age 45 36 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 43.54% 39.02% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $585 $724 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1422 $1910.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1039 $1595.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1679 $1993 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $300 $347 $335
Average household size 2.10 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 30.74% 32.53% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 10.82% 8.02% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 10.43% 7.54% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 10.64% 7.80% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 65.38% 73.51% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 50.40% 62.27% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 57.67% 67.83% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 45.87% 62.86% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 4.52% 6.27% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 7.26% 5.57% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 10.62% 9.80% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 9.47% 9.54% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 6.35% 6.45% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 1.58% 2.35% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.64% 1.74% 1.70%