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Bushfield - Woodford

Disengagement by age

In 2021, 6.8% of 15 to 24 year olds in Bushfield - Woodford were disengaged with employment and education, compared to 7.1% in Warrnambool City.

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
Bushfield - Woodford - Persons aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Age groupEngagement statusNumber%Warrnambool City %Number%Warrnambool City %2016 to 2021
15 to 24 yearsFully engaged10080.372.48180.668.0+19
15 to 24 yearsPartially engaged1512.514.71111.816.6+4
15 to 24 yearsDisengaged86.87.177.18.9+1
15 to 24 yearsUndetermined/Not stated00.45.800.56.50
15 to 24 yearsTotal124100.0100.0100100.0100.0+24
25 to 54 yearsFully engaged23361.553.817751.751.0+56
25 to 54 yearsPartially engaged10427.628.511132.528.2-6
25 to 54 yearsDisengaged328.512.2349.914.3-2
25 to 54 yearsUndetermined/Not stated82.45.5205.96.5-11
25 to 54 yearsTotal379100.0100.0342100.0100.0+37
55 to 64 yearsFully engaged6250.337.63736.134.0+25
55 to 64 yearsPartially engaged3125.530.33534.727.6-4
55 to 64 yearsDisengaged2520.927.62221.931.0+3
55 to 64 yearsUndetermined/Not stated43.24.677.37.4-4
55 to 64 yearsTotal123100.0100.0103100.0100.0+20
65 years and overFully engaged1511.13.988.03.1+7
65 years and overPartially engaged139.58.41010.16.8+3
65 years and overDisengaged10774.579.16662.476.4+41
65 years and overUndetermined/Not stated74.98.72019.413.7-14
65 years and overTotal143100.0100.0106100.0100.0+37
Total aged 15+Fully engaged41153.440.930446.640.1+107
Total aged 15+Partially engaged16521.521.816926.021.3-4
Total aged 15+Disengaged17322.531.113019.930.3+43
Total aged 15+Undetermined/Not stated202.76.2497.58.3-29
Total aged 15+Total770100.0100.0653100.0100.0+118
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 Bushfield - Woodford in 2016 was 124, of this, 6.8% were disengaged and 12.5% were partially engaged, compared to 7.1% and 14.7% respectively for Warrnambool City.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people 15 to 24 years in Bushfield - Woodford showed an increase of 24.

The number of disengaged people aged 15 to 24 years showed an increase of 1 or 14.3%.

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