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Summer Hill

Disengagement by age

In 2021, 6.5% of 15 to 24 year olds in Summer Hill were disengaged with employment and education, compared to 6.4% in Stanmore Ward.

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
Summer Hill - Persons aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Age groupEngagement statusNumber%Stanmore Ward %Number%Stanmore Ward %2016 to 2021
15 to 24 yearsFully engaged56579.775.659581.177.8-30
15 to 24 yearsPartially engaged689.613.1729.89.4-4
15 to 24 yearsDisengaged466.56.4304.13.6+16
15 to 24 yearsUndetermined/Not stated304.25.0375.09.2-7
15 to 24 yearsTotal709100.0100.0734100.0100.0-25
25 to 54 yearsFully engaged2,53564.966.02,60966.366.8-74
25 to 54 yearsPartially engaged86022.020.169517.716.3+165
25 to 54 yearsDisengaged3669.48.93649.37.8+2
25 to 54 yearsUndetermined/Not stated1473.85.12676.89.1-120
25 to 54 yearsTotal3,908100.0100.03,935100.0100.0-27
55 to 64 yearsFully engaged34745.544.930943.643.1+38
55 to 64 yearsPartially engaged15820.722.115521.919.9+3
55 to 64 yearsDisengaged21928.727.519627.627.3+23
55 to 64 yearsUndetermined/Not stated385.05.5496.99.6-11
55 to 64 yearsTotal762100.0100.0709100.0100.0+53
65 years and overFully engaged748.17.9526.67.5+22
65 years and overPartially engaged9910.910.0617.88.6+38
65 years and overDisengaged65071.472.660977.473.4+41
65 years and overUndetermined/Not stated879.69.4658.310.5+22
65 years and overTotal910100.0100.0787100.0100.0+123
Total aged 15+Fully engaged3,52156.058.03,56557.859.6-44
Total aged 15+Partially engaged1,18518.818.298315.914.9+202
Total aged 15+Disengaged1,28120.418.21,19919.416.2+82
Total aged 15+Undetermined/Not stated3024.85.64186.89.3-116
Total aged 15+Total6,289100.0100.06,165100.0100.0+124
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 Summer Hill in 2016 was 709, of this, 6.5% were disengaged and 9.6% were partially engaged, compared to 6.4% and 13.1% respectively for Stanmore Ward.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people 15 to 24 years in Summer Hill showed a decrease of -25.

The number of disengaged people aged 15 to 24 years showed an increase of 16 or 53.3%.

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