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Soudan Heights - St Patricks - Bona Vista

Disengagement by age

In 2021, 5.8% of 15 to 24 year olds in Soudan Heights - St Patricks - Bona Vista were disengaged with employment and education, compared to 9.6% in Ben Venue.

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
Soudan Heights - St Patricks - Bona Vista - Persons aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Age groupEngagement statusNumber%Ben Venue %Number%Ben Venue %2016 to 2021
15 to 24 yearsFully engaged34273.273.338778.671.6-45
15 to 24 yearsPartially engaged5311.314.8489.913.9+4
15 to 24 yearsDisengaged275.89.6377.68.7-10
15 to 24 yearsUndetermined/Not stated459.62.3194.05.9+25
15 to 24 yearsTotal467100.0100.0492100.0100.0-26
25 to 54 yearsFully engaged62758.761.267957.563.8-52
25 to 54 yearsPartially engaged26725.023.229024.617.8-24
25 to 54 yearsDisengaged13012.212.214312.212.5-14
25 to 54 yearsUndetermined/Not stated444.13.4675.75.9-24
25 to 54 yearsTotal1,068100.0100.01,180100.0100.0-113
55 to 64 yearsFully engaged18541.540.918840.735.3-4
55 to 64 yearsPartially engaged12026.922.011625.127.4+3
55 to 64 yearsDisengaged12528.031.413930.031.7-14
55 to 64 yearsUndetermined/Not stated163.65.7194.15.6-3
55 to 64 yearsTotal446100.0100.0463100.0100.0-18
65 years and overFully engaged415.04.5355.04.1+5
65 years and overPartially engaged8410.28.57410.45.8+10
65 years and overDisengaged65079.180.355678.080.0+94
65 years and overUndetermined/Not stated475.76.8466.510.1+1
65 years and overTotal822100.0100.0713100.0100.0+109
Total aged 15+Fully engaged1,19542.647.51,29145.348.2-96
Total aged 15+Partially engaged52418.718.453018.615.6-6
Total aged 15+Disengaged93233.329.887630.729.3+56
Total aged 15+Undetermined/Not stated1525.44.31525.46.8-1
Total aged 15+Total2,803100.0100.02,850100.0100.0-47
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 Soudan Heights - St Patricks - Bona Vista in 2016 was 467, of this, 5.8% were disengaged and 11.3% were partially engaged, compared to 9.6% and 14.8% respectively for Ben Venue.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people 15 to 24 years in Soudan Heights - St Patricks - Bona Vista showed a decrease of -26.

The number of disengaged people aged 15 to 24 years showed a decrease of 10 or 27.0%.

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