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Disengagement by age

In 2021, 5.4% of 15 to 24 year olds in the City of Darebin were disengaged with employment and education, compared to 6.3% in Greater Melbourne.

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 Darebin - Females aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Age groupEngagement statusNumber%Greater Melbourne %Number%Greater Melbourne %2016 to 2021
15 to 24 yearsFully engaged6,21777.777.37,10176.276.9-884
15 to 24 yearsPartially engaged1,02112.812.199710.710.6+24
15 to 24 yearsDisengaged4345.46.36156.67.3-181
15 to 24 yearsUndetermined/Not stated3294.14.36076.55.2-278
15 to 24 yearsTotal8,001100.0100.09,320100.0100.0-1,319
25 to 54 yearsFully engaged19,46652.147.117,19247.543.7+2,274
25 to 54 yearsPartially engaged11,27830.230.510,32028.529.9+958
25 to 54 yearsDisengaged5,13813.817.86,29517.420.8-1,157
25 to 54 yearsUndetermined/Not stated1,4653.94.62,3766.65.7-911
25 to 54 yearsTotal37,347100.0100.036,183100.0100.0+1,164
55 to 64 yearsFully engaged2,35129.527.91,88226.825.9+469
55 to 64 yearsPartially engaged2,42930.530.81,87326.729.0+556
55 to 64 yearsDisengaged2,86436.037.52,77139.539.3+93
55 to 64 yearsUndetermined/Not stated3154.03.84897.05.8-174
55 to 64 yearsTotal7,959100.0100.07,015100.0100.0+944
65 years and overFully engaged3322.73.22442.12.7+88
65 years and overPartially engaged7556.27.84824.16.8+273
65 years and overDisengaged10,00981.981.79,61981.380.1+390
65 years and overUndetermined/Not stated1,1209.27.31,48612.610.3-366
65 years and overTotal12,216100.0100.011,831100.0100.0+385
Total aged 15+Fully engaged28,36643.340.326,41941.139.1+1,947
Total aged 15+Partially engaged15,48323.623.513,67221.222.5+1,811
Total aged 15+Disengaged18,44528.231.319,30030.031.9-855
Total aged 15+Undetermined/Not stated3,2294.95.04,9587.76.5-1,729
Total aged 15+Total65,523100.0100.064,349100.0100.0+1,174
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 the City of Darebin in 2016 was 8,001, of this, 5.4% were disengaged and 12.8% were partially engaged, compared to 6.3% and 12.1% respectively for Greater Melbourne.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people 15 to 24 years in the City of Darebin showed a decrease of -1,319.

The number of disengaged people aged 15 to 24 years showed a decrease of 181 or 29.4%.

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