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CofFEE Employment Vulnerability Index - Profile for Safety Bay - Shoalwater, WA


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

Safety Bay - Shoalwater 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, Safety Bay - Shoalwater 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 Safety Bay - Shoalwater earn less than the median individual income for WA, while median family income in Safety Bay - Shoalwater is less than the median family income for WA.

Mortgage holders in Safety Bay - Shoalwater are making monthly payments which are below the median WA mortgage repayment.

Safety Bay - Shoalwater'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.

Safety Bay - Shoalwater'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 Safety Bay - Shoalwater relative to WA and the nation as a whole.

Indicator - August 2016 Safety Bay - Shoalwater WA Australia
Median Age 45 36 38
% without post secondary school qualifications 41.94% 39.02% 39.50%
Median individual income ($ per week) $595 $724 $662
Median family income ($ per week) $1613 $1910.00 $1734.00
Median household income ($ per week) $1206 $1595.00 $1438.00
Median mortgage repayment ($ per month) $1800 $1993 $1755
Median rent ($ per week) $300 $347 $335
Average household size 2.30 2.60 2.60
Part-time employment as a % total 33.46% 32.53% 32.68%
Male unemployment rate 11.80% 8.02% 7.00%
Female unemployment rate 8.50% 7.54% 6.72%
Unemployment rate 10.27% 7.80% 6.86%
Male labour force participation rate 63.39% 73.51% 69.56%
Female labour force participation rate 51.57% 62.27% 59.80%
Total labour force participation rate 57.38% 67.83% 64.56%
Employment-Population ratio 48.48% 62.86% 60.26%
% Employed in Mining 5.20% 6.27% 1.66%
% Employed in Manufacturing 8.74% 5.57% 6.40%
% Employed in Construction 11.28% 9.80% 8.53%
% Employed in Retail Trade 10.29% 9.54% 9.86%
% Employed in Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 4.51% 6.45% 6.91%
% Employed in Finance and Insurance 1.63% 2.35% 3.60%
% Employed in Property and Business Services 1.76% 1.74% 1.70%