Disability Employment Services

Population groups

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status

  Does the number of valid 52-week full outcome claims for employment in the 12-month period for people with disability vary by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 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 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status. In 2022–23, 1,893 claims were made for Indigenous Australians and 28,103 claims were made for non-Indigenous Australians.

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  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status	No. of valid 52-week full outcome claims for employment
  Indigenous	1,893
  Non-Indigenous	28,103
  Missing/Not stated	1,285
  All persons	31,281

  Notes:

  1. Data was run on 7 July 2023 (as at 6 July 2023) for claims created between 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2023. Participant characteristics are as at the claim creation date.
  2. This is not a count of distinct participants, but the count of valid claims created regarding a participant. Claims are counted for a period by the date that the claim was created. However, multiple claims could be created for the same participant for different job placements in that period.
  3. The eligibility criteria for the DES program is available from the DES Eligibility Referral and Commencement Guidelines.
  4. Full outcome claims for employment are outcomes claimed by eligible DES providers for employment where the hours worked each week for the DES participant was at or above their estimated employment benchmark on average (see DES Outcome Guidelines).
  5. 52-week employment outcomes were only claimable for contracts established under the Disability Employment Services (DES) Grant Agreement following the 2018 DES reforms on 1 July 2018. Hence, 52-week Employment Outcomes could only be claimed 52 weeks after the participant had commenced placement with a DES provider contract established from 1 July 2018 (i.e. 1 July 2019 onwards).
  6. Claims data are for people aged 15 or over.
  7. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status and refugee status is voluntarily self-reported in the Jobseeker Classification Instrument (JSCI).
  8. This differes from the December 2022 release of the webpage where Missing/Not stated data was combined with the Non-Indigenous category.

  Source: Source: Administrative data from the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) Employment Business Intelligence Warehouse (EBIW)

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

• Sex and gender

  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.

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  Gender	No. of valid 52-week full outcome claims for employment
  Males	16,721
  Females	14,549
  Missing/Not stated	11
  All persons	31,281

  Notes:

  1. Data was run on 7 July 2023 (as at 6 July 2023) for claims created between 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2023. Participant characteristics are as at the claim creation date.
  2. This is not a count of distinct participants, but the count of valid claims created regarding a participant. Claims are counted for a period by the date that the claim was created. However, multiple claims could be created for the same participant for different job placements in that period.
  3. The eligibility criteria for the DES program is available from the DES Eligibility Referral and Commencement Guidelines.
  4. Full outcome claims for employment are outcomes claimed by eligible DES providers for employment where the hours worked each week for the DES participant was at or above their estimated employment benchmark on average (see DES Outcome Guidelines).
  5. 52-week employment outcomes were only claimable for contracts established under the Disability Employment Services (DES) Grant Agreement following the 2018 DES reforms on 1 July 2018. Hence, 52-week Employment Outcomes could only be claimed 52 weeks after the participant had commenced placement with a DES provider contract established from 1 July 2018 (i.e. 1 July 2019 onwards).
  6. Claims data are for people aged 15 or over.

  Source: Source: Administrative data from the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) Employment Business Intelligence Warehouse (EBIW)

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

• Age group

  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.

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  Age group	No. of valid 52-week full outcome claims for employment
  15–24	4,862
  25–44	11,986
  45–64	13,542
  65 and over	891
  All ages	31,281

  Notes:

  1. Data was run on 7 July 2023 (as at 6 July 2023) for claims created between 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2023. Participant characteristics are as at the claim creation date.
  2. This is not a count of distinct participants, but the count of valid claims created regarding a participant. Claims are counted for a period by the date that the claim was created. However, multiple claims could be created for the same participant for different job placements in that period.
  3. The eligibility criteria for the DES program is available from the DES Eligibility Referral and Commencement Guidelines.
  4. Full outcome claims for employment are outcomes claimed by eligible DES providers for employment where the hours worked each week for the DES participant was at or above their estimated employment benchmark on average (see DES Outcome Guidelines).
  5. 52-week employment outcomes were only claimable for contracts established under the Disability Employment Services (DES) Grant Agreement following the 2018 DES reforms on 1 July 2018. Hence, 52-week Employment Outcomes could only be claimed 52 weeks after the participant had commenced placement with a DES provider contract established from 1 July 2018 (i.e. 1 July 2019 onwards).
  6. Claims data are for people aged 15 or over.

  Source: Source: Administrative data from the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) Employment Business Intelligence Warehouse (EBIW)

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

• Cultural and linguistic diversity status

  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.

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  Cultural and linguistic diversity status	No. of valid 52-week full outcome claims for employment
  CALD	4,574
  Non-CALD	26,707
  All persons	31,281

  Notes:

  1. Data was run on 7 July 2023 (as at 6 July 2023) for claims created between 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2023. Participant characteristics are as at the claim creation date.
  2. This is not a count of distinct participants, but the count of valid claims created regarding a participant. Claims are counted for a period by the date that the claim was created. However, multiple claims could be created for the same participant for different job placements in that period.
  3. The eligibility criteria for the DES program is available from the DES Eligibility Referral and Commencement Guidelines.
  4. Full outcome claims for employment are outcomes claimed by eligible DES providers for employment where the hours worked each week for the DES participant was at or above their estimated employment benchmark on average (see DES Outcome Guidelines).
  5. 52-week employment outcomes were only claimable for contracts established under the Disability Employment Services (DES) Grant Agreement following the 2018 DES reforms on 1 July 2018. Hence, 52-week Employment Outcomes could only be claimed 52 weeks after the participant had commenced placement with a DES provider contract established from 1 July 2018 (i.e. 1 July 2019 onwards).
  6. Claims data are for people aged 15 or over.
  7. CALD (culturally and linguistically diverse) status is based on the participant’s country of birth being a predominantly non-English speaking country. This refers to countries other than Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, the Republic of Ireland and South Africa.

  Source: Source: Administrative data from the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) Employment Business Intelligence Warehouse (EBIW)

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

• Disability group

  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.

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  Primary disability	No. of valid 52-week full outcome claims for employment
  Physical	11,934
  Psychiatric	12,746
  Specific learning	1,044
  Intellectual	1,351
  Neurological	1,188
  Autism	1,871
  Hearing	406
  Acquired brain injury	294
  Vision	337
  Speech	82
  Deafblind	23
  Unknown	5
  All disabilities	31,281

  Notes:

  1. Data was run on 7 July 2023 (as at 6 July 2023) for claims created between 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2023. Participant characteristics are as at the claim creation date.
  2. This is not a count of distinct participants, but the count of valid claims created regarding a participant. Claims are counted for a period by the date that the claim was created. However, multiple claims could be created for the same participant for different job placements in that period.
  3. The eligibility criteria for the DES program is available from the DES Eligibility Referral and Commencement Guidelines.
  4. Full outcome claims for employment are outcomes claimed by eligible DES providers for employment where the hours worked each week for the DES participant was at or above their estimated employment benchmark on average (see DES Outcome Guidelines).
  5. 52-week employment outcomes were only claimable for contracts established under the Disability Employment Services (DES) Grant Agreement following the 2018 DES reforms on 1 July 2018. Hence, 52-week Employment Outcomes could only be claimed 52 weeks after the participant had commenced placement with a DES provider contract established from 1 July 2018 (i.e. 1 July 2019 onwards).
  6. Claims data are for people aged 15 or over.
  7. Primary disability group is derived from a jobseeker's reported disadvantage where it is a medical condition, and from the primary permanent medical condition reported in their Employment Services Assessment or Job Capacity Assessment conducted by Services Australia.

  Source: Source: Administrative data from the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) Employment Business Intelligence Warehouse (EBIW)

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