Trends
Has the proportion of people with disability who completed Year 10 changed over time?
The data in the graph and the table below show the proportion of people with disability aged 20–64 who completed Year 10 (or equivalent). Data from 2012 to 2018 are used. In 2018, the proportion of people with disability who had completed Year 10 was 86%, compared with 79% in 2012.
Source:
Australian Bureau of Statistics – Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC)
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Data source overview
State and territory
Does the proportion of people with disability who completed Year 10 vary between states and territories?
The data in the graph and the table below show the proportion of people with disability (aged 20–64) who completed Year 10 (or equivalent), grouped by Australian states and territories. In 2018, the proportion of people with disability in Western Australia who had completed Year 10 was 90%, compared with 82% in Tasmania (please note that some categories were not published due to small sample numbers and to protect confidentiality).
n.p. (not published) Category has been suppressed to avoid identifying individual people.
Source:
Australian Bureau of Statistics – Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC)
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Data source overview
Population groups
How this measure varies by…
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Does the proportion of people with disability who completed Year 10 vary for First Nations people and non-Indigenous Australians?
The data in the graph and the table below show the proportion of people with disability (aged 20–64) who completed Year 10 (or equivalent), by Indigenous status. In 2018, the proportion of people with disability who had completed Year 10 was 71% for First Nations people, compared with 86% for non-Indigenous people.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics – Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC) | Data source overview
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Does the proportion of people with disability who completed Year 10 vary by sex?
The data in the graph and the table below show the proportion of people with disability (aged 20–64) who completed Year 10 (or equivalent), for males and females. In 2018, the proportion of people with disability who had completed Year 10 was 84% for males, compared with 87% for females.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics – Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC) | Data source overview
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Does the proportion of people with disability who completed Year 10 vary by age?
The data in the graph and the table below show the proportion of people with disability (aged 20–64) who completed Year 10 (or equivalent), grouped by age. In the 20–24 age group, 91% of people with disability had completed Year 10, compared with 83% in the 45–64 age group.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics – Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC) | Data source overview
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Does the proportion of people with disability who completed Year 10 vary by cultural and linguistic diversity background?
The data in the graph and the table below show the proportion of people with disability (aged 20–64) who completed Year 10 (or equivalent), by culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) status. In 2018, the proportion of people with disability who had completed Year 10 was 87% for people from CALD backgrounds and 85% among the non-CALD group.
* Should be used with caution: proportion has a Margin of Error (MoE) >10 percentage points or proportion ± MoE is <0% or >100%.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics – Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC) | Data source overview
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Does the proportion of people with disability who completed Year 10 vary by remoteness?
The data in the graph and the table below show the proportion of people with disability (aged 20–64) who completed Year 10 (or equivalent), grouped by remoteness. In 2018, the proportion of people with disability living in major cities who had completed Year 10 was 88%, compared with 78% in outer regional and remote areas.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics – Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC) | Data source overview
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Does the proportion of people with disability who completed Year 10 vary by disability group?
The data in the graph and the table below show the proportion of people with disability (aged 20–64) who completed Year 10 (or equivalent), by disability group. Among people with physical restriction, 85% had completed Year 10, compared with 70% in the intellectual disability group.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics – Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC) | Data source overview
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Does the proportion of people with disability who completed Year 10 vary by severity of disability?
The data in the graph and the table below show the proportion of people with disability (aged 20–64) who completed Year 10 (or equivalent), grouped by disability severity. In 2018, the proportion of people with disability who had completed Year 10 was 80% for people with severe or profound disability and 87% for people with other disability status.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics – Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC) | Data source overview
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