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Disengagement by age

In 2021, 9.5% of 15 to 24 year olds in the City of Greater Bendigo were disengaged with employment and education, compared to 14.8% in North Bendigo - California Gully.

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
City of Greater Bendigo - Persons aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212011Change
Age groupEngagement statusNumber%North Bendigo - California Gully %Number%North Bendigo - California Gully %2011 to 2021
15 to 24 yearsFully engaged10,04570.463.310,56974.268.6-524
15 to 24 yearsPartially engaged2,16815.215.41,66811.713.3+500
15 to 24 yearsDisengaged1,3529.514.81,4089.915.1-56
15 to 24 yearsUndetermined/Not stated6974.96.55964.23.1+101
15 to 24 yearsTotal14,262100.0100.014,241100.0100.0+21
25 to 54 yearsFully engaged23,91953.147.120,40753.447.9+3,512
25 to 54 yearsPartially engaged11,94926.524.89,67225.323.5+2,277
25 to 54 yearsDisengaged6,60214.720.36,54617.123.1+56
25 to 54 yearsUndetermined/Not stated2,5725.77.91,5644.15.4+1,008
25 to 54 yearsTotal45,042100.0100.038,189100.0100.0+6,853
55 to 64 yearsFully engaged5,27534.531.24,01232.028.2+1,263
55 to 64 yearsPartially engaged4,33828.325.13,01824.122.1+1,320
55 to 64 yearsDisengaged4,82131.535.34,92639.346.3-105
55 to 64 yearsUndetermined/Not stated8695.78.55724.63.4+297
55 to 64 yearsTotal15,303100.0100.012,528100.0100.0+2,775
65 years and overFully engaged1,0304.33.64933.11.6+537
65 years and overPartially engaged1,8887.85.39746.12.8+914
65 years and overDisengaged19,11179.280.412,32877.477.0+6,783
65 years and overUndetermined/Not stated2,1078.710.72,13713.418.6-30
65 years and overTotal24,136100.0100.015,932100.0100.0+8,204
Total aged 15+Fully engaged40,26940.837.035,48143.937.7+4,788
Total aged 15+Partially engaged20,34320.618.715,33219.016.7+5,011
Total aged 15+Disengaged31,88632.335.925,20831.237.7+6,678
Total aged 15+Undetermined/Not stated6,2456.38.44,8696.07.9+1,376
Total aged 15+Total98,743100.0100.080,890100.0100.0+17,853
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 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 the City of Greater Bendigo in 2016 was 14,262, of this, 9.5% were disengaged and 15.2% were partially engaged, compared to 14.8% and 15.4% respectively for North Bendigo - California Gully.

Emerging groups

Between 2011 and 2021, the number of people 15 to 24 years in the City of Greater Bendigo showed an increase of 21.

The number of disengaged people aged 15 to 24 years showed a decrease of 56 or 4.0%.

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