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City of Greater Bendigo

Disengagement by age

In 2021, 8.7% of 15 to 24 year olds in the City of Greater Bendigo were disengaged with employment and education, compared to 6.2% in Flora Hill - Quarry Hill - Spring Gully - Golden Gully.

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 Greater Bendigo - Females aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212011Change
Age groupEngagement statusNumber%Flora Hill - Quarry Hill - Spring Gully - Golden Gully %Number%Flora Hill - Quarry Hill - Spring Gully - Golden Gully %2011 to 2021
15 to 24 yearsFully engaged4,94969.476.15,23172.085.0-282
15 to 24 yearsPartially engaged1,22417.213.795913.27.5+265
15 to 24 yearsDisengaged6248.76.278410.84.7-160
15 to 24 yearsUndetermined/Not stated3394.84.02944.02.8+45
15 to 24 yearsTotal7,136100.0100.07,268100.0100.0-132
25 to 54 yearsFully engaged9,49640.545.47,45537.543.1+2,041
25 to 54 yearsPartially engaged8,69737.136.87,28036.635.2+1,417
25 to 54 yearsDisengaged3,99617.013.94,42022.219.1-424
25 to 54 yearsUndetermined/Not stated1,2525.34.07313.72.6+521
25 to 54 yearsTotal23,441100.0100.019,886100.0100.0+3,555
55 to 64 yearsFully engaged1,93023.825.71,34921.227.3+581
55 to 64 yearsPartially engaged2,92736.138.41,81628.530.7+1,111
55 to 64 yearsDisengaged2,80734.732.02,93546.040.4-128
55 to 64 yearsUndetermined/Not stated4345.43.92764.31.6+158
55 to 64 yearsTotal8,098100.0100.06,376100.0100.0+1,722
65 years and overFully engaged2912.31.61281.50.4+163
65 years and overPartially engaged9207.18.04204.83.6+500
65 years and overDisengaged10,49081.582.66,96679.388.3+3,524
65 years and overUndetermined/Not stated1,1789.17.81,26614.47.6-88
65 years and overTotal12,879100.0100.08,780100.0100.0+4,099
Total aged 15+Fully engaged16,66632.338.514,16333.544.9+2,503
Total aged 15+Partially engaged13,76826.726.210,47524.821.8+3,293
Total aged 15+Disengaged17,91734.830.415,10535.729.9+2,812
Total aged 15+Undetermined/Not stated3,2036.24.82,5676.13.4+636
Total aged 15+Total51,554100.0100.042,310100.0100.0+9,244
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 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 Greater Bendigo in 2016 was 7,136, of this, 8.7% were disengaged and 17.2% were partially engaged, compared to 6.2% and 13.7% respectively for Flora Hill - Quarry Hill - Spring Gully - Golden Gully.

Emerging groups

Between 2011 and 2021, the number of people 15 to 24 years in the City of Greater Bendigo showed a decrease of -132.

The number of disengaged people aged 15 to 24 years showed a decrease of 160 or 20.4%.

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