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Essendon

Disengagement by age

In 2021, 4.0% of 15 to 24 year olds in Essendon were disengaged with employment and education, compared to 5.2% in City of Moonee Valley.

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
Essendon - Persons aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Age groupEngagement statusNumber%City of Moonee Valley %Number%City of Moonee Valley %2016 to 2021
15 to 24 yearsFully engaged2,27580.980.82,24981.679.8+26
15 to 24 yearsPartially engaged32011.410.72448.99.8+76
15 to 24 yearsDisengaged1134.05.21254.55.5-12
15 to 24 yearsUndetermined/Not stated1053.73.31395.05.0-34
15 to 24 yearsTotal2,813100.0100.02,757100.0100.0+56
25 to 54 yearsFully engaged5,91864.061.85,66061.059.7+258
25 to 54 yearsPartially engaged2,05522.222.61,96321.221.3+92
25 to 54 yearsDisengaged9209.911.41,05011.313.0-130
25 to 54 yearsUndetermined/Not stated3613.94.25996.56.1-238
25 to 54 yearsTotal9,254100.0100.09,272100.0100.0-18
55 to 64 yearsFully engaged1,17744.742.41,02041.639.4+157
55 to 64 yearsPartially engaged64524.524.862325.424.2+22
55 to 64 yearsDisengaged73327.929.268027.730.6+53
55 to 64 yearsUndetermined/Not stated762.93.61315.35.9-55
55 to 64 yearsTotal2,631100.0100.02,454100.0100.0+177
65 years and overFully engaged2447.35.51585.65.0+86
65 years and overPartially engaged35010.48.42498.86.9+101
65 years and overDisengaged2,61477.980.42,17276.977.8+442
65 years and overUndetermined/Not stated1464.45.62468.710.4-100
65 years and overTotal3,354100.0100.02,825100.0100.0+529
Total aged 15+Fully engaged9,61453.350.29,08752.549.4+527
Total aged 15+Partially engaged3,37018.718.33,07917.817.2+291
Total aged 15+Disengaged4,38024.327.24,02723.326.7+353
Total aged 15+Undetermined/Not stated6883.84.31,1156.46.7-427
Total aged 15+Total18,052100.0100.017,308100.0100.0+744
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 Essendon in 2016 was 2,813, of this, 4.0% were disengaged and 11.4% were partially engaged, compared to 5.2% and 10.7% respectively for the City of Moonee Valley.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people 15 to 24 years in Essendon showed an increase of 56.

The number of disengaged people aged 15 to 24 years showed a decrease of 12 or 9.6%.

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