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Disengagement by age

In 2021, 3.7% of 15 to 24 year olds in North West Melville were disengaged with employment and education, compared to 2.9% in Murdoch.

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
North West Melville - Persons aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Age groupEngagement statusNumber%Murdoch %Number%Murdoch %2016 to 2021
15 to 24 yearsFully engaged2,70783.686.62,42881.285.0+279
15 to 24 yearsPartially engaged33110.26.82969.96.3+35
15 to 24 yearsDisengaged1213.72.91545.12.7-33
15 to 24 yearsUndetermined/Not stated792.43.71133.86.0-34
15 to 24 yearsTotal3,238100.0100.02,991100.0100.0+247
25 to 54 yearsFully engaged6,28459.855.45,90857.758.5+376
25 to 54 yearsPartially engaged2,77626.421.52,51224.519.9+264
25 to 54 yearsDisengaged1,0199.711.41,31712.913.4-298
25 to 54 yearsUndetermined/Not stated4284.111.65115.08.1-83
25 to 54 yearsTotal10,507100.0100.010,248100.0100.0+259
55 to 64 yearsFully engaged1,50843.534.61,18740.037.4+321
55 to 64 yearsPartially engaged98128.324.579026.626.0+191
55 to 64 yearsDisengaged84524.435.885128.729.3-6
55 to 64 yearsUndetermined/Not stated1353.95.01374.67.3-2
55 to 64 yearsTotal3,469100.0100.02,965100.0100.0+504
65 years and overFully engaged3015.73.72214.82.5+80
65 years and overPartially engaged53210.26.44169.14.8+116
65 years and overDisengaged4,11078.575.83,44275.264.0+668
65 years and overUndetermined/Not stated2945.614.150110.928.8-207
65 years and overTotal5,237100.0100.04,580100.0100.0+657
Total aged 15+Fully engaged10,80048.142.79,74446.943.9+1,056
Total aged 15+Partially engaged4,62020.613.04,01419.312.2+606
Total aged 15+Disengaged6,09527.134.55,76427.729.5+331
Total aged 15+Undetermined/Not stated9364.29.91,2626.114.4-326
Total aged 15+Total22,451100.0100.020,784100.0100.0+1,667
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 North West Melville in 2016 was 3,238, of this, 3.7% were disengaged and 10.2% were partially engaged, compared to 2.9% and 6.8% respectively for Murdoch.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people 15 to 24 years in North West Melville showed an increase of 247.

The number of disengaged people aged 15 to 24 years showed a decrease of 33 or 21.4%.

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