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Birrong - Regents Park - Potts Hill

Disengagement by age

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In 2021, 12.1% of 15 to 24 year olds in Birrong - Regents Park - Potts Hill were disengaged with employment and education, compared to 13.2% in Greenacre - Mount Lewis - Chullora.

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
Birrong - Regents Park - Potts Hill - Persons aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Age groupEngagement statusNumber%Greenacre - Mount Lewis - Chullora %Number%Greenacre - Mount Lewis - Chullora %2016 to 2021
15 to 24 yearsFully engaged54769.567.751276.273.7+35
15 to 24 yearsPartially engaged8110.311.67310.910.8+8
15 to 24 yearsDisengaged9512.113.2527.710.8+43
15 to 24 yearsUndetermined/Not stated648.17.5355.24.7+29
15 to 24 yearsTotal787100.0100.0672100.0100.0+115
25 to 54 yearsFully engaged88038.532.01,01151.942.1-131
25 to 54 yearsPartially engaged55924.423.834617.821.3+213
25 to 54 yearsDisengaged69430.335.747324.330.4+221
25 to 54 yearsUndetermined/Not stated1556.88.61196.16.2+36
25 to 54 yearsTotal2,288100.0100.01,949100.0100.0+339
55 to 64 yearsFully engaged19228.421.820235.328.0-10
55 to 64 yearsPartially engaged14020.721.611920.818.6+21
55 to 64 yearsDisengaged31847.049.522138.647.2+97
55 to 64 yearsUndetermined/Not stated274.07.1315.46.2-4
55 to 64 yearsTotal677100.0100.0573100.0100.0+104
65 years and overFully engaged365.34.4264.63.1+10
65 years and overPartially engaged416.15.3193.44.6+22
65 years and overDisengaged55582.081.946682.383.0+89
65 years and overUndetermined/Not stated456.68.4559.79.3-10
65 years and overTotal677100.0100.0566100.0100.0+111
Total aged 15+Fully engaged1,65537.432.51,75146.639.9-96
Total aged 15+Partially engaged82118.517.755714.815.9+264
Total aged 15+Disengaged1,66237.541.71,21232.237.7+450
Total aged 15+Undetermined/Not stated2916.68.12406.46.4+51
Total aged 15+Total4,429100.0100.03,760100.0100.0+669
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

The number of people aged 15 to 24 years in Birrong - Regents Park - Potts Hill in 2016 was 787, of this, 12.1% were disengaged and 10.3% were partially engaged, compared to 13.2% and 11.6% respectively for Greenacre - Mount Lewis - Chullora.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people 15 to 24 years in Birrong - Regents Park - Potts Hill showed an increase of 115.

The number of disengaged people aged 15 to 24 years showed an increase of 43 or 82.7%.

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