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Disengagement by age

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In 2021, 11.5% of 15 to 24 year olds in the City of Moreton Bay were disengaged with employment and education, compared to 9.3% in Greater Brisbane.

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 Moreton Bay - Persons aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Age groupEngagement statusNumber%Greater Brisbane %Number%Greater Brisbane %2016 to 2021
15 to 24 yearsFully engaged38,48067.271.935,56766.771.8+2,913
15 to 24 yearsPartially engaged9,42416.513.87,98115.012.3+1,443
15 to 24 yearsDisengaged6,58011.59.37,01513.210.3-435
15 to 24 yearsUndetermined/Not stated2,7984.95.02,7395.15.6+59
15 to 24 yearsTotal57,282100.0100.053,302100.0100.0+3,980
25 to 54 yearsFully engaged99,71754.057.491,24254.557.6+8,475
25 to 54 yearsPartially engaged46,46625.123.437,88922.620.8+8,577
25 to 54 yearsDisengaged28,57915.513.928,73917.215.4-160
25 to 54 yearsUndetermined/Not stated10,0155.45.49,5815.76.2+434
25 to 54 yearsTotal184,777100.0100.0167,451100.0100.0+17,326
55 to 64 yearsFully engaged20,71737.340.017,65836.039.0+3,059
55 to 64 yearsPartially engaged13,56124.423.710,40421.220.9+3,157
55 to 64 yearsDisengaged19,02834.332.118,14237.034.1+886
55 to 64 yearsUndetermined/Not stated2,2204.04.22,8805.96.1-660
55 to 64 yearsTotal55,526100.0100.049,084100.0100.0+6,442
65 years and overFully engaged3,5574.25.52,6324.05.2+925
65 years and overPartially engaged5,3646.47.73,7505.76.9+1,614
65 years and overDisengaged69,64682.679.952,47079.177.8+17,176
65 years and overUndetermined/Not stated5,7276.86.97,48311.310.1-1,756
65 years and overTotal84,294100.0100.066,335100.0100.0+17,959
Total aged 15+Fully engaged162,47142.547.9147,09943.848.8+15,372
Total aged 15+Partially engaged74,81519.619.060,02417.917.0+14,791
Total aged 15+Disengaged123,83332.427.6106,36631.627.4+17,467
Total aged 15+Undetermined/Not stated20,7605.45.422,6836.76.7-1,923
Total aged 15+Total381,879100.0100.0336,172100.0100.0+45,707
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 Moreton Bay in 2016 was 57,282, of this, 11.5% were disengaged and 16.5% were partially engaged, compared to 9.3% and 13.8% respectively for Greater Brisbane.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people 15 to 24 years in the City of Moreton Bay showed an increase of 3,980.

The number of disengaged people aged 15 to 24 years showed a decrease of 435 or 6.2%.

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