Driver
Proportion of youth Not Engaged in Employment, Education or Training (NEET)
By disability, long term health condition, caring responsibility, looking for work
Dashboard snapshot: The data below are the most recent at the time of preparing the July 2022 report. Please go to the dashboard to access the current data.
Measure 1
Proportion of people aged 15-24 years who are not fully engaged in employment, education or training and who have a need for assistance with core activities
Nationally in 2016, 2.4 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people were not fully engaged in employment, education or training and reported that they had a need for assistance with core activities, compared to 39.4 per cent that did not need assistance (figure SE7a.1).
| NSW | Vic | Qld | WA | SA | Tas | ACT | NT | Aust | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Need for assistance with core activities not stated | 1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 1 |
| Does not have need for assistance with core activities | 34.6 | 30.7 | 41.4 | 45.7 | 39.2 | 33.8 | 24.2 | 56.9 | 39.4 |
| Has need for assistance with core activities | 2.7 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 2.4 |
Measure 2
Proportion of people aged 15-24 years who are not fully engaged in employment, education or training and who have a long-term health condition
Data are not currently available.
Measure 3
Proportion of people aged 15-24 years who are not fully engaged in employment, education or training and who provide unpaid assistance or childcare
Nationally in 2016, 15.1 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people were not fully engaged in employment, education or training and reported that they provided unpaid care or assistance to a child or person with disability, compared to 26.0 per cent reporting they did not (figure SE7a.3).
| NSW | Vic | Qld | WA | SA | Tas | ACT | NT | Aust | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provision of unpaid care or assistance not stated | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 1.7 |
| Did not provide unpaid care or assistance | 25.1 | 22.7 | 27.6 | 28.8 | 26.3 | 24 | 17.1 | 25.2 | 26 |
| Provided unpaid care and assistance to a child and/or person with disability | 11.6 | 10.7 | 15.4 | 17.4 | 14.4 | 12.8 | 8.8 | 32.2 | 15.1 |
Measure 4
Proportion of people aged 15-24 years who are not fully engaged in employment, education or training and who are unemployed and looking for work
Nationally in 2016, 9.0 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were partially engaged via part time employment, 11.1 per cent were actively looking for work (ie unemployed) and 22.7 per cent were not actively looking for work (ie not in the labour force) (figure SE7a.4).
| NSW | Vic | Qld | WA | SA | Tas | ACT | NT | Aust | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not in the labour force | 18.7 | 17.4 | 22 | 28.9 | 22.6 | 17.3 | 11.9 | 42.7 | 22.7 |
| Unemployed; looking for part-time or full-time work | 10.2 | 8.3 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 10.2 | 9.2 | 6.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 |
| Employed; worked part-time | 9.5 | 9 | 9.9 | 7.2 | 9.5 | 11.1 | 7.7 | 4.9 | 9 |
Indicator data specifications
Related outcome: |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth are engaged in employment or education. |
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Related target: |
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. |
Indicator: |
The proportion of youth Not Engaged in Employment, Education or Training (NEET) – By disability, long term health condition, caring responsibility, looking for work |
Measure: |
This indicator has four measures. Measure 1 is the proportion of people aged 15-24 years who are not fully engaged in employment, education or training and who have a need for assistance with core activities, defined as: Numerator — number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15-24 years who are not fully engaged in employment, education and training and who have a need for assistance with core activities Denominator — number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15-24 years and is presented as a percentage. Measure 2 is the proportion of people aged 15-24 years who are not fully engaged in employment, education or training and who have a long-term health condition, defined as: Numerator — number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15-24 years who are not fully engaged in employment, education and training and who have one or more long-term health condition(s) Denominator — number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15-24 years and is presented as a percentage. Measure 3 is the proportion of people aged 15-24 years not fully engaged in employment, education or training and who provided unpaid care, defined as: Numerator — number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15-24 years who are not fully engaged in employment, education or training and who provided unpaid assistance to a person with disability and/or unpaid child care for their own and/or other children Denominator — number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15-24 years and is presented as a percentage. Measure 4 is the proportion of people aged 15-24 years not fully engaged in employment, education or training and who are unemployed and looking for work, defined as: Numerator — number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15-24 years who are not fully engaged in employment, education or training, who are unemployed (looking for part time or full time work) Denominator — number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15-24 years and is presented as a percentage. |
Indicator established: |
National Agreement on Closing the Gap July 2020 |
Latest dashboard update for the indicator: |
30 June 2022 |
Indicator type: |
Driver |
Interpretation of change: |
For all measures, a low or decreasing proportion is desirable. |
Data source: |
Name: ABS Census of Population and Housing, Census Table Builder (Basic) Frequency: Five-yearly Documentation (links): www.abs.gov.au/census |
Data provider: |
Provider name: Australian Bureau of Statistics Provider area: Census |
Baseline year: |
Measures 1, 3 and 4 (data not available for measure 2) 2016 |
Latest reporting period: |
Measures 1, 3 and 4 (data not available for measure 2) 2016 |
Disaggregations: |
State and territory and Australia, by Indigenous status |
Computation: |
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. For all measures Includes (numerator)
Includes (both numerator and denominator)
Excludes (both numerator and denominator)
Excludes (numerator), as relevant to measures
Measure 3 Includes (numerator): ‘Provided unpaid care and assistance to a child and/or person with disability’:
Excludes (numerator): ‘Did not provide unpaid care and assistance’:
‘Provision of unpaid care or assistance not stated’:
Extraction Census Table Builder (Basic) – Employment, Income and Education:
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Data quality considerations: |
Data values have been randomly adjusted using perturbation to avoid the release of confidential data. Measure 2: The Census variable ‘Whether has one or more long-term health conditions(s)’ is a new question for the 2021 Census. Data are not available for 2016. The Census 'Core Activity Need for Assistance' concept was developed to identify people with a 'profound or severe core activity limitation' using similar criteria to the Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC). |
Future reporting: |
Additional disaggregations required for future reporting:
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