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West Tamar Council area

Disengagement by age

In 2021, 11.4% of 15 to 24 year olds in West Tamar Council area were disengaged with employment and education, compared to 13.0% in Regional TAS.

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
West Tamar Council area - Males aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Age groupEngagement statusNumber%Regional TAS %Number%Regional TAS %2016 to 2021
15 to 24 yearsFully engaged98371.868.196873.468.5+15
15 to 24 yearsPartially engaged17813.013.014611.112.4+32
15 to 24 yearsDisengaged15611.413.013610.313.1+20
15 to 24 yearsUndetermined/Not stated523.85.8695.26.1-17
15 to 24 yearsTotal1,369100.0100.01,319100.0100.0+50
25 to 54 yearsFully engaged2,83267.961.72,48766.961.1+345
25 to 54 yearsPartially engaged68016.317.156315.115.3+117
25 to 54 yearsDisengaged46711.215.245412.216.7+13
25 to 54 yearsUndetermined/Not stated1894.56.12135.76.9-24
25 to 54 yearsTotal4,168100.0100.03,717100.0100.0+451
55 to 64 yearsFully engaged77543.642.371140.839.3+64
55 to 64 yearsPartially engaged35520.019.934219.618.4+13
55 to 64 yearsDisengaged56331.732.055732.034.7+6
55 to 64 yearsUndetermined/Not stated844.75.91327.67.6-48
55 to 64 yearsTotal1,777100.0100.01,742100.0100.0+35
65 years and overFully engaged1766.36.91094.85.8+67
65 years and overPartially engaged2629.38.92209.67.9+42
65 years and overDisengaged2,16877.175.41,74476.275.0+424
65 years and overUndetermined/Not stated2057.38.82159.411.2-10
65 years and overTotal2,811100.0100.02,288100.0100.0+523
Total aged 15+Fully engaged4,76647.144.54,27547.244.8+491
Total aged 15+Partially engaged1,47514.614.81,27114.013.6+204
Total aged 15+Disengaged3,35433.134.02,89131.933.7+463
Total aged 15+Undetermined/Not stated5305.26.76296.98.0-99
Total aged 15+Total10,125100.0100.09,066100.0100.0+1,059
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 West Tamar Council area in 2016 was 1,369, of this, 11.4% were disengaged and 13.0% were partially engaged, compared to 13.0% and 13.0% respectively for Regional TAS.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people 15 to 24 years in West Tamar Council area showed an increase of 50.

The number of disengaged people aged 15 to 24 years showed an increase of 20 or 14.7%.

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