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Regional QLD

Disengagement by age

In 2021, 10.6% of 15 to 24 year olds in Regional QLD were disengaged with employment and education, compared to 13.0% in Regional WA.

Engagement in employment and education looks at the level of participation by age and sex of the population in the labour market, or full or part-time education. A full time employed or full-time student would be "Fully engaged", while part-time students may be fully engaged if they are also employed, or partly engaged if they are not working. Engagement in the labour and education market is highly dependent on age. Retirees are generally disengaged, while stay-at-home parents are also likely to be disengaged. The rate of engagement, particularly in the younger and working age groups can be affected by access to strong employment and education markets and is a measure of socio-economic status and the level of welfare dependency in an area. For more detail on employment and educational characteristics associated with disengagement, please look at Employment Status, Qualifications and Educational Institution Attending.

Further reading: Using demographics to inform gender equality

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Derived from the two Census questions:

'Last week did the person have a full time or part time job of any kind?' and 'What type of educational institution is the person attending?'

Workforce and educational engagement by age
Regional QLD - Persons aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Age groupEngagement statusNumber%Regional WA %Number%Regional WA %2016 to 2021
15 to 24 yearsFully engaged202,06766.562.2191,41265.061.3+10,655
15 to 24 yearsPartially engaged46,22915.214.242,72414.513.9+3,505
15 to 24 yearsDisengaged32,31510.613.037,24212.714.9-4,927
15 to 24 yearsUndetermined/Not stated23,3687.710.622,8897.89.8+479
15 to 24 yearsTotal303,979100.0100.0294,267100.0100.0+9,712
25 to 54 yearsFully engaged517,78152.150.0488,24351.949.7+29,538
25 to 54 yearsPartially engaged246,67024.823.3212,64422.622.1+34,026
25 to 54 yearsDisengaged145,70714.714.5161,58417.216.8-15,877
25 to 54 yearsUndetermined/Not stated83,2388.412.278,3438.311.5+4,895
25 to 54 yearsTotal993,396100.0100.0940,814100.0100.0+52,582
55 to 64 yearsFully engaged121,78935.939.0107,27535.137.0+14,514
55 to 64 yearsPartially engaged83,08024.524.866,42521.723.4+16,655
55 to 64 yearsDisengaged110,38132.626.4106,76634.929.4+3,615
55 to 64 yearsUndetermined/Not stated23,7707.09.825,2248.310.2-1,454
55 to 64 yearsTotal339,020100.0100.0305,690100.0100.0+33,330
65 years and overFully engaged28,9155.88.022,4105.47.3+6,505
65 years and overPartially engaged39,7588.010.228,6577.09.6+11,101
65 years and overDisengaged385,33077.171.0312,03075.870.0+73,300
65 years and overUndetermined/Not stated45,9129.210.848,40811.813.1-2,496
65 years and overTotal499,915100.0100.0411,505100.0100.0+88,410
Total aged 15+Fully engaged870,55240.840.6809,34041.541.4+61,212
Total aged 15+Partially engaged415,73719.519.5350,45018.018.9+65,287
Total aged 15+Disengaged673,73331.528.6617,62231.628.3+56,111
Total aged 15+Undetermined/Not stated176,2888.311.3174,8649.011.3+1,424
Total aged 15+Total2,136,310100.0100.01,952,276100.0100.0+184,034
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

The number of people aged 15 to 24 years in Regional QLD in 2016 was 303,979, of this, 10.6% were disengaged and 15.2% were partially engaged, compared to 13.0% and 14.2% respectively for Regional WA.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people 15 to 24 years in Regional QLD showed an increase of 9,712.

The number of disengaged people aged 15 to 24 years showed a decrease of 4,927 or 13.2%.

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