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Hume City

Disengagement by age

In 2021, 11.9% of 15 to 24 year olds in Hume City were disengaged with employment and education, compared to 7.6% 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
Hume City - Males aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Age groupEngagement statusNumber%Greater Melbourne %Number%Greater Melbourne %2016 to 2021
15 to 24 yearsFully engaged11,70671.177.410,48771.977.8+1,219
15 to 24 yearsPartially engaged1,80411.010.21,50710.39.2+297
15 to 24 yearsDisengaged1,95311.97.61,76112.17.7+192
15 to 24 yearsUndetermined/Not stated1,0046.14.88305.75.3+174
15 to 24 yearsTotal16,467100.0100.014,585100.0100.0+1,882
25 to 54 yearsFully engaged31,75460.368.926,26562.770.4+5,489
25 to 54 yearsPartially engaged8,90116.915.26,04314.412.6+2,858
25 to 54 yearsDisengaged8,55816.310.66,92516.510.8+1,633
25 to 54 yearsUndetermined/Not stated3,4046.55.42,6346.36.2+770
25 to 54 yearsTotal52,617100.0100.041,867100.0100.0+10,750
55 to 64 yearsFully engaged5,55245.451.64,50046.450.8+1,052
55 to 64 yearsPartially engaged1,99016.318.21,37114.116.7+619
55 to 64 yearsDisengaged4,06433.325.93,18632.926.6+878
55 to 64 yearsUndetermined/Not stated6115.04.36366.65.9-25
55 to 64 yearsTotal12,217100.0100.09,693100.0100.0+2,524
65 years and overFully engaged1,0108.19.06977.38.2+313
65 years and overPartially engaged8376.79.76026.39.1+235
65 years and overDisengaged9,77178.674.77,32577.073.6+2,446
65 years and overUndetermined/Not stated8206.66.68939.49.1-73
65 years and overTotal12,438100.0100.09,517100.0100.0+2,921
Total aged 15+Fully engaged50,02253.457.741,94955.459.2+8,073
Total aged 15+Partially engaged13,53214.413.89,52312.612.0+4,009
Total aged 15+Disengaged24,34626.023.119,19725.422.3+5,149
Total aged 15+Undetermined/Not stated5,8396.25.34,9936.66.5+846
Total aged 15+Total93,739100.0100.075,662100.0100.0+18,077
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 Hume City in 2016 was 16,467, of this, 11.9% were disengaged and 11.0% were partially engaged, compared to 7.6% and 10.2% respectively for Greater Melbourne.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people 15 to 24 years in Hume City showed an increase of 1,882.

The number of disengaged people aged 15 to 24 years showed an increase of 192 or 10.9%.

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