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South East Overlay

Disengagement by age

In 2021, 6.2% of 15 to 24 year olds in South East Overlay were disengaged with employment and education, compared to 4.4% in City of Adelaide.

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
South East Overlay - Persons aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Age groupEngagement statusNumber%City of Adelaide %Number%City of Adelaide %2016 to 2021
15 to 24 yearsFully engaged69678.681.865878.382.9+37
15 to 24 yearsPartially engaged9110.36.4607.14.5+31
15 to 24 yearsDisengaged556.24.4435.13.7+12
15 to 24 yearsUndetermined/Not stated445.07.5799.48.9-35
15 to 24 yearsTotal886100.0100.0841100.0100.0+45
25 to 54 yearsFully engaged1,89064.663.31,46458.059.3+426
25 to 54 yearsPartially engaged50817.416.039315.614.8+114
25 to 54 yearsDisengaged36612.511.840316.013.1-37
25 to 54 yearsUndetermined/Not stated1605.58.926110.412.8-102
25 to 54 yearsTotal2,924100.0100.02,522100.0100.0+401
55 to 64 yearsFully engaged25737.738.722836.538.4+28
55 to 64 yearsPartially engaged16724.522.312219.518.5+45
55 to 64 yearsDisengaged22132.432.023137.031.5-10
55 to 64 yearsUndetermined/Not stated375.47.0447.011.6-7
55 to 64 yearsTotal682100.0100.0626100.0100.0+56
65 years and overFully engaged858.08.77410.29.6+11
65 years and overPartially engaged14713.812.510814.913.5+39
65 years and overDisengaged74770.270.045862.964.2+289
65 years and overUndetermined/Not stated858.08.78712.012.6-3
65 years and overTotal1,064100.0100.0728100.0100.0+336
Total aged 15+Fully engaged2,92852.756.82,42551.457.6+502
Total aged 15+Partially engaged91316.413.668414.511.9+229
Total aged 15+Disengaged1,38925.021.31,13524.119.1+253
Total aged 15+Undetermined/Not stated3265.98.347210.011.5-147
Total aged 15+Total5,556100.0100.04,718100.0100.0+838
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 South East Overlay in 2016 was 886, of this, 6.2% were disengaged and 10.3% were partially engaged, compared to 4.4% and 6.4% respectively for the City of Adelaide.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people 15 to 24 years in South East Overlay showed an increase of 45.

The number of disengaged people aged 15 to 24 years showed an increase of 12 or 27.9%.

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