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City of Joondalup

Disengagement by age

In 2021, 5.6% of 15 to 24 year olds in the City of Joondalup were disengaged with employment and education, compared to 4.7% in South 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
City of Joondalup - Persons aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Age groupEngagement statusNumber%South Ward %Number%South Ward %2016 to 2021
15 to 24 yearsFully engaged15,45880.284.516,08278.179.9-624
15 to 24 yearsPartially engaged2,28811.99.72,42211.810.5-134
15 to 24 yearsDisengaged1,0875.64.71,3976.86.2-310
15 to 24 yearsUndetermined/Not stated4482.31.16943.43.4-246
15 to 24 yearsTotal19,281100.0100.020,595100.0100.0-1,314
25 to 54 yearsFully engaged35,84559.459.234,76456.556.3+1,081
25 to 54 yearsPartially engaged16,00326.527.815,74625.626.6+257
25 to 54 yearsDisengaged6,35910.59.98,59514.013.6-2,236
25 to 54 yearsUndetermined/Not stated2,1873.63.12,4474.03.6-260
25 to 54 yearsTotal60,394100.0100.061,552100.0100.0-1,158
55 to 64 yearsFully engaged9,52343.843.28,71241.739.7+811
55 to 64 yearsPartially engaged6,28828.928.85,66927.128.2+619
55 to 64 yearsDisengaged5,27724.324.95,67527.227.8-398
55 to 64 yearsUndetermined/Not stated6573.03.18404.04.3-183
55 to 64 yearsTotal21,745100.0100.020,896100.0100.0+849
65 years and overFully engaged1,7986.36.11,2915.96.1+507
65 years and overPartially engaged3,02210.510.52,22210.211.5+800
65 years and overDisengaged22,60778.779.816,94977.476.2+5,658
65 years and overUndetermined/Not stated1,2994.53.61,4266.56.2-127
65 years and overTotal28,726100.0100.021,888100.0100.0+6,838
Total aged 15+Fully engaged62,62448.147.360,84948.746.7+1,775
Total aged 15+Partially engaged27,60121.221.426,05920.921.6+1,542
Total aged 15+Disengaged35,33027.128.432,61626.127.6+2,714
Total aged 15+Undetermined/Not stated4,5913.53.05,4074.34.2-816
Total aged 15+Total130,146100.0100.0124,931100.0100.0+5,215
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 Joondalup in 2016 was 19,281, of this, 5.6% were disengaged and 11.9% were partially engaged, compared to 4.7% and 9.7% respectively for South Ward.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people 15 to 24 years in the City of Joondalup showed a decrease of -1,314.

The number of disengaged people aged 15 to 24 years showed a decrease of 310 or 22.2%.

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