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Eastern Region Alliance area

Disengagement by age

In 2021, 4.4% of 15 to 24 year olds in Eastern Region Alliance area were disengaged with employment and education, compared to 3.8% in City of Unley.

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
Eastern Region Alliance area - Persons aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Age groupEngagement statusNumber%City of Unley %Number%City of Unley %2016 to 2021
15 to 24 yearsFully engaged20,64183.083.820,63582.382.2+6
15 to 24 yearsPartially engaged2,59910.410.92,3549.49.7+245
15 to 24 yearsDisengaged1,1024.43.81,2495.04.4-147
15 to 24 yearsUndetermined/Not stated5392.21.58203.33.8-281
15 to 24 yearsTotal24,881100.0100.025,058100.0100.0-177
25 to 54 yearsFully engaged49,36661.263.044,57158.460.6+4,795
25 to 54 yearsPartially engaged19,83324.624.518,27523.923.5+1,558
25 to 54 yearsDisengaged9,11211.310.210,31013.511.4-1,198
25 to 54 yearsUndetermined/Not stated2,3342.92.33,1934.24.5-859
25 to 54 yearsTotal80,645100.0100.076,349100.0100.0+4,296
55 to 64 yearsFully engaged10,60742.443.69,70140.841.4+906
55 to 64 yearsPartially engaged6,66726.726.16,07325.524.8+594
55 to 64 yearsDisengaged7,11328.528.16,96929.328.7+144
55 to 64 yearsUndetermined/Not stated6062.42.11,0614.55.1-455
55 to 64 yearsTotal24,993100.0100.023,804100.0100.0+1,189
65 years and overFully engaged2,5255.85.91,9985.25.5+527
65 years and overPartially engaged4,2699.810.13,3828.79.0+887
65 years and overDisengaged34,77779.678.930,53478.977.9+4,243
65 years and overUndetermined/Not stated2,0944.85.22,7897.27.6-695
65 years and overTotal43,665100.0100.038,703100.0100.0+4,962
Total aged 15+Fully engaged83,13947.748.176,90546.948.5+6,234
Total aged 15+Partially engaged33,36819.219.130,08418.418.3+3,284
Total aged 15+Disengaged52,10429.929.949,06229.928.1+3,042
Total aged 15+Undetermined/Not stated5,5733.22.97,8634.85.2-2,290
Total aged 15+Total174,184100.0100.0163,914100.0100.0+10,270
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 Eastern Region Alliance area in 2016 was 24,881, of this, 4.4% were disengaged and 10.4% were partially engaged, compared to 3.8% and 10.9% respectively for the City of Unley.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people 15 to 24 years in Eastern Region Alliance area showed a decrease of -177.

The number of disengaged people aged 15 to 24 years showed a decrease of 147 or 11.8%.

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