Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth are engaged in employment or education.

By 2031, increase the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth (15-24 years) who are in employment, education or training to 67 per cent.

The proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth aged 15-24 years who are fully engaged in employment, education or training.

The measure is defined as:

Numerator — number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15-24 years who are engaged in full-time work, full-time study and/or full-time training or a combination of work and study and training

Denominator — total number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the population aged 15-24 years old

and is presented as a percentage.

National Agreement on Closing the Gap July 2020

23 June 2021

Target

A high or increasing proportion is desirable. An increase from the baseline year is an improvement.

Name: ABS Census of Population and Housing, Census Table Builder (Basic)

Frequency: Five-yearly

Documentation (links): www.abs.gov.au/census

Provider name: Australian Bureau of Statistics

Provider area: Census

2016

2031

State and territory and Australia, by Indigenous status

Numerator divided by Denominator multiplied by 100

Counting rules

Data are for all Australian residents enumerated in the Census that reported having a usual residence in Australia.

Geographical variables are based on a person’s place of usual residence.

Includes (both numerator and denominator)

• young people engaged full-time in work or study and/or training, or in a combination of work and study and training (regardless of hours for each)
• Australian totals include all states and territories (including Other Territories).

Excludes (both numerator and denominator)

• people who were engaged in either work or study but did not provide enough information to determine if they were fully or partially engaged
• people whose engagement status could not be determined, was not stated or inadequately described
• people for whom Indigenous status was not stated.

Extraction

Census Table Builder (Basic) – Employment, Income and Education: INGP X EEPT (STUP X LFS/HRSP prior to 2016) X Main ASGS (UR) X AGE5P

Data values have been randomly adjusted using perturbation to avoid the release of confidential data.

Additional disaggregations required for future reporting:

• Remoteness areas and other small geographic areas (where available)
• Socioeconomic status of the locality
• Disability status
• Gender
• Age
• Categories of engagement with employment, education or training.