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Disability Employment Services

What is being tracked?

Measure: Number of valid 52-week full outcome claims for employment in the 12-month period for people with disability

The Strategy would like to see the following tracked – number of people supported to achieve at least 12 months employment at their work capacity in Disability Employment Services (DES). Available data do not currently allow this.

This measure is part of the Economic participation priority of the Strategy. This priority is about supporting people with disability to find and keep jobs.

The desired outcome is that more people with disability are supported by Disability Employment Services to find and keep a job.

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Outcome area: Employment and financial security Priority: Economic participation

  • Baseline value

    16,632 valid claimsin 2020–21

  • Latest value

    31,281 valid claimsin 2022–23

Progress the measure is moving in the direction the Strategy wants

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Trends

Has the number of valid 52-week full outcome claims for employment in the 12-month period for people with disability changed over time?

The data in the graph and the table below show the number of valid 52-week full outcome claims for employment in the corresponding 12-month period for people with disability (aged 15 and over). Data from 2019–20 to 2022–23 are used. In 2022–23, 31,281 claims were made, compared with 19,538 in 2019–20.

Source: Department of Social Services – Disability Employment Services (DES) | Data source overview

State and territory

Does the number of valid 52-week full outcome claims for employment in the 12-month period for people with disability vary between states and territories?

The data in the graph and the table below show the number of valid 52-week full outcome claims for employment in the corresponding 12-month period for people with disability (aged 15 and over), grouped by Australian states and territories. In 2022–23, there were 9,430 claims made in New South Wales, compared with 98 claims in the Northern Territory.

Source: Department of Social Services – Disability Employment Services (DES) | Data source overview

Population groups

How this measure varies by…

  • Does the number of valid 52-week full outcome claims for employment in the 12-month period for people with disability vary by Indigenous status?

    The data in the graph and the table below show the number of valid 52-week full outcome claims for employment in the corresponding 12-month period for people with disability (aged 15 and over), by Indigenous status. In 2022–23, 1,893 claims were made for First Nations people and 28,103 claims were made for non-Indigenous people.

    Source: Department of Social Services – Disability Employment Services (DES) | Data source overview

  • Does the number of valid 52-week full outcome claims for employment in the 12-month period for people with disability vary by gender?

    The data in the graph and the table below show the number of valid 52-week full outcome claims for employment in the corresponding 12-month period for people with disability (aged 15 and over), grouped by gender. In 2022–23, 16,721 claims were made for males and 14,549 claims were made for females.

    Source: Department of Social Services – Disability Employment Services (DES) | Data source overview

  • Does the number of valid 52-week full outcome claims for employment in the 12-month period for people with disability vary by age?

    The data in the graph and the table below show the number of valid 52-week full outcome claims for employment in the corresponding 12-month period for people with disability (aged 15 and over), grouped by age. In 2022–23, there were 13,542 claims made for the 45–64 age group, compared with 891 claims for the 65 and over age group.

    Source: Department of Social Services – Disability Employment Services (DES) | Data source overview

  • Does the number of valid 52-week full outcome claims for employment in the 12-month period for people with disability vary by cultural and linguistic diversity background?

    The data in the graph and the table below show the number of valid 52-week full outcome claims for employment in the corresponding 12-month period for people with disability (aged 15 and over), by culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) status. In 2022–23, 4,574 claims were made for people with disability from CALD backgrounds and 26,707 for the non-CALD group.

    Source: Department of Social Services – Disability Employment Services (DES) | Data source overview

  • Does the number of valid 52-week full outcome claims for employment in the 12-month period for people with disability vary by primary disability?

    The data in the graph and the table below show the number of valid 52-week full outcome claims for employment in the corresponding 12-month period for people with disability (aged 15 and over), grouped by primary disability. In 2022–23, 12,746 claims were made for people with psychiatric primary disability, compared with 23 claims for those with deafblindness as their primary disability.

    Source: Department of Social Services – Disability Employment Services (DES) | Data source overview

Where did these data come from?

Data on Disability Employment Services come from administrative data collected by the Australian Government Department of Social Services.

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