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

    16,041 valid claimsin 2020–21

  • Latest value

    19,297 valid claimsin 2024–25

Improving the measure is moving in the direction the Strategy wants

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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 2024–25 are used. In 2024–25, 19,297 claims were made, compared with 19,540 in 2019–20. The baseline used to track change over time was 16,041 claims in 2020–21.

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 2024–25, there were 6,917 claims made in New South Wales and 78 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 2024–25, 1,465 claims were made for First Nations people and 17,182 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), for males and females. In 2024–25, 10,279 claims were made for males and 8,968 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 2024–25, there were 8,399 claims made for the 45–64 age group, compared with 732 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 2024–25, 3,292 claims were made for people with disability from CALD backgrounds and 16,005 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 2024–25, 7,947 claims were made for people with psychiatric disability as their primary disability, compared with 19 claims for those with deafblind 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 are collected by the Australian Government Department of Social Services using administrative data from the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Employment Business Intelligence Warehouse.

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