Outcome area Employment and financial security
Desired outcome: It is easier for people with disability to work and earn money.
Data can currently be reported for 10 measures. For the remaining measures, work will occur over the life of the Strategy to enable reporting.
Key findings
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In 2018, the median income per week for people with disability was half that of those without disability ($505 compared with $1,016)
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Around 31,000 valid claims were created for a 52-week employment outcome by a person with disability in 2022–23
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Of those in the labour force, 3 in 4 young people (aged 15–24) with disability were employed in 2018
Priorities
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Supporting people with disability to find and keep jobs
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Disability Employment Services
Progress - the measure is moving in the direction the Strategy wants
31,281 valid claims for 52-week full outcomes for employment in the 12-month period for people with disability were received in 2022–23
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Employment services
No change - the latest data are similar to the baseline
7.6% of people with disability using jobactive obtained at least one job placement within a 12-month period which converted to a 26-week outcome in 2021–22
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NDIS participants job support
Regress - the measure is not moving in the direction the Strategy wants
63% of NDIS participants said they got the support they need to do their job in 2022–23 Q4
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Unemployment gap
Status not known yet - more data from after the Strategy started are needed
4.7 percentage points was the gap in unemployment rate for people with and without disability in 2018
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NDIS participants in full award wage employment
Progress - the measure is moving in the direction the Strategy wants
22% of NDIS participants aged 15–64 in the labour force were in open employment at full award wage in 2022–23 Q4
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Supporting young people with disability who leave school to find work
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VET graduate employment
Progress - the measure is moving in the direction the Strategy wants
59% of VET graduates with disability were employed on completion of training in 2022
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Young NDIS participant employment
Progress - the measure is moving in the direction the Strategy wants
19% of NDIS young people (aged 15–24) were employed in 2022–23 Q4
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Young people in employment
Status not known yet - more data from after the Strategy started are needed
76% of young people aged 15–24 with disability in the labour force were employed in 2018
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Supporting people with disability to earn enough money to live well, plan for their future and have choice and control over their own lives
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Public sector employment
No change - the latest data are similar to the baseline
4.9% of public sector employees had disability in December 2022
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Median gross income gap
Status not known yet - more data from after the Strategy started are needed
$511 per week was the gap in median gross income between people with and without disability aged 15–64 in 2018
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Status key
Back to top- Progress Used where there are 2 or more data points, including at least one data point after the start of the Strategy (December 2021), and the measure is moving in the direction the Strategy wants to see.
- No change Used where there are 2 or more data points, including at least one data point after the start of the Strategy (December 2021), and the latest data are similar to the baseline.
- Regress Used where there are 2 or more data points, including at least one data point after the start of the Strategy (December 2021), and the measure is not moving in the direction the Strategy wants to see.
- Status not known yet Used when there is not enough data available yet to report on progress. This occurs when there is only one data point available (usually the baseline) or data after the start of the Strategy (December 2021) is yet to become available.
- Confidence status Added to indicate that care should be taken when looking at a reported status as there is some uncertainty in the data.