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Bass Hill Ward

Disengagement by age

In 2021, 14.9% of 15 to 24 year olds in Bass Hill Ward were disengaged with employment and education, compared to 17.1% in Bass Hill - Lansdowne.

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
Bass Hill Ward - Persons aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Age groupEngagement statusNumber%Bass Hill - Lansdowne %Number%Bass Hill - Lansdowne %2016 to 2021
15 to 24 yearsFully engaged6,69365.463.86,57472.370.8+119
15 to 24 yearsPartially engaged1,13511.110.28889.811.3+247
15 to 24 yearsDisengaged1,52714.917.11,04811.514.0+479
15 to 24 yearsUndetermined/Not stated8808.68.95846.43.9+296
15 to 24 yearsTotal10,235100.0100.09,094100.0100.0+1,141
25 to 54 yearsFully engaged8,90332.431.411,70346.446.5-2,801
25 to 54 yearsPartially engaged6,51723.724.24,97319.721.3+1,544
25 to 54 yearsDisengaged9,21133.534.86,59726.127.4+2,613
25 to 54 yearsUndetermined/Not stated2,84610.49.61,9637.84.8+883
25 to 54 yearsTotal27,477100.0100.025,238100.0100.0+2,239
55 to 64 yearsFully engaged1,87223.721.12,24132.531.6-370
55 to 64 yearsPartially engaged1,65320.921.41,21117.617.0+442
55 to 64 yearsDisengaged3,78847.949.13,01143.747.0+777
55 to 64 yearsUndetermined/Not stated5927.58.44246.24.5+168
55 to 64 yearsTotal7,905100.0100.06,888100.0100.0+1,016
65 years and overFully engaged4714.44.84104.33.5+60
65 years and overPartially engaged5745.45.24374.64.1+137
65 years and overDisengaged8,30778.475.87,84982.185.3+457
65 years and overUndetermined/Not stated1,24311.714.38599.07.0+384
65 years and overTotal10,595100.0100.09,557100.0100.0+1,037
Total aged 15+Fully engaged17,93931.930.520,93041.240.8-2,992
Total aged 15+Partially engaged9,87917.617.57,51014.815.6+2,369
Total aged 15+Disengaged22,83340.641.818,50636.438.6+4,326
Total aged 15+Undetermined/Not stated5,5619.910.23,8317.55.0+1,730
Total aged 15+Total56,212100.0100.050,778100.0100.0+5,433
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 Bass Hill Ward in 2016 was 10,235, of this, 14.9% were disengaged and 11.1% were partially engaged, compared to 17.1% and 10.2% respectively for Bass Hill - Lansdowne.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people 15 to 24 years in Bass Hill Ward showed an increase of 1,141.

The number of disengaged people aged 15 to 24 years showed an increase of 479 or 45.7%.

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