This first annual report for the Australia’s Disability Strategy Outcomes Framework provides an overview of all measures being tracked under Australia’s Disability Strategy at ‘baseline’ – that is, when the Strategy began in December 2021. Moving forward, baseline data will be the point of comparison against which changes for each of the measures will be compared over the life of the Strategy.
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.
In 2018, the median income per week for people with disability was half that of those without disability ($505 compared with $1,016)
Around 26,000 valid claims were created for a 52-week employment outcome by a person with disability in 2021–22
Of those in the labour force, 3 in 4 young people (aged 15–24) with disability were employed in 2018
Supporting people with disability to find and keep jobs
Progress - the measure is moving in the direction the Strategy wants
26,242 valid claims for 52-week full outcomes for employment in the 12-month period for people with disability were received in 2021–22
Status not known yet - more data from after the Strategy started are needed
7.5% 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 2020–21
Regress - the measure is not moving in the direction the Strategy wants
64% of NDIS participants said they got the support they need to do their job in 2022–23 Q2
4.7 percentage points was the gap in unemployment rate for people with and without disability in 2018
21% of NDIS participants aged 15–64 in the labour force were in open employment at full award wage in 2022–23 Q2
Supporting young people with disability who leave school to find work
59% of VET graduates with disability were employed on completion of training in 2022
19% of NDIS young people (aged 15–24) were employed in 2022–23 Q2
76% of young people aged 15–24 with disability in the labour force were employed in 2018
Supporting people with disability to earn enough money to live well, plan for their future and have choice and control over their own lives
No change - the latest data are similar to the baseline
4.7% of public sector employees had disability in June 2022
$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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