Freedom from discrimination

Population groups

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status

  Does the proportion of people with disability who have not experienced discrimination vary for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous Australians?

  The data in the graph and the table below show the proportion of people with disability (aged 15 and over) who have not experienced discrimination due to disability in the last 12 months, by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status. In 2018, 80% of Indigenous Australians with disability had not experienced discrimination due to disability, compared with 91% of non-Indigenous Australians.

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  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status	% of people with disability who have not experienced discrimination	95% Confidence Interval
  Aged 15–64
  Indigenous	81%	(71.6%-91.0%)
  Non-Indigenous	85%	(83.4%-85.9%)
  All persons	84%	(83.3%-85.7%)
  Aged 65 and over
  Indigenous	n.p.	n.p.
  Non-Indigenous	97%	(96.1%-97.5%)
  All persons	97%	(96.1%-97.4%)
  Aged 15 and over
  Indigenous	80%	(71.8%-87.4%)
  Non-Indigenous	91%	(89.9%-91.4%)
  All persons	90%	(89.7%-91.1%)

  Notes:

  • n.p. (not published) Category has been suppressed to avoid identifying individual people.

  1. Restricted to people with disability aged 15 and over living in households who completed a personal interview.
  2. Data source does not cover very remote areas and discrete Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
  3. Data have been randomly adjusted to avoid identifying individual people.

  Source: ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 2019. Microdata: Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia, 2018, ABS cat. no. 4430.0.30.002, ABS, AIHW analysis of detailed microdata in DataLab, accessed 31 March 2022.

  Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics – Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC) | Data source overview
  

• Sex and gender

  Does the proportion of people with disability who have not experienced discrimination vary by sex?

  The data in the graph and the table below show the proportion of people with disability (aged 15 and over) who have not experienced discrimination due to disability in the last 12 months, for males and females. In 2018, 91% of males with disability had not experienced discrimination due to disability, as did 90% of females.

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  Sex	% of people with disability who have not experienced discrimination	95% Confidence Interval
  Aged 15–64
  Males	86%	(84.0%-87.9%)
  Females	83%	(81.6%-84.9%)
  All persons	84%	(83.3%-85.7%)
  Aged 65 and over
  Males	97%	(95.7%-97.8%)
  Females	97%	(96.0%-97.5%)
  All persons	97%	(96.1%-97.4%)
  Aged 15 and over
  Males	91%	(90.2%-92.3%)
  Females	90%	(88.7%-90.7%)
  All persons	90%	(89.7%-91.1%)

  Notes:

  1. Restricted to people with disability aged 15 and over living in households who completed a personal interview.
  2. Data have been randomly adjusted to avoid identifying individual people.

  Source: ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 2019. Microdata: Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia, 2018, ABS cat. no. 4430.0.30.002, ABS, AIHW analysis of detailed microdata in DataLab, accessed 31 March 2022.

  Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics – Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC) | Data source overview
  

• Age group

  Does the proportion of people with disability who have not experienced discrimination vary by age?

  The data in the graph and the table below show the proportion of people with disability (aged 15 and over) who have not experienced discrimination due to disability in the last 12 months, grouped by age. Among people with disability aged 65 and over, 97% had not experienced discrimination due to disability, compared with 79% for those aged 15–24.

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  Age group	% of people with disability who have not experienced discrimination	95% Confidence Interval
  15–24	79%	(73.2%-85.4%)
  25–44	84%	(81.9%-86.6%)
  45–64	85%	(83.3%-86.7%)
  65 and over	97%	(96.1%-97.4%)
  All ages	90%	(89.7%-91.1%)

  Notes:

  1. Restricted to people with disability aged 15 and over living in households who completed a personal interview.
  2. Data have been randomly adjusted to avoid identifying individual people.

  Source: ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 2019. Microdata: Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia, 2018, ABS cat. no. 4430.0.30.002, ABS, AIHW analysis of detailed microdata in DataLab, accessed 31 March 2022.

  Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics – Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC) | Data source overview
  

• Cultural and linguistic diversity status

  Does the proportion of people with disability who have not experienced discrimination vary by cultural and linguistic diversity background?

  The data in the graph and the table below show the proportion of people with disability (aged 15 and over) who have not experienced discrimination due to disability in the last 12 months, by culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) status. In 2018, 93% of people from CALD backgrounds with disability had not experienced discrimination due to disability, compared with 90% among the non-CALD group.

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  Cultural and linguistic diversity status	% of people with disability who have not experienced discrimination	95% Confidence Interval
  Aged 15–64
  CALD	89%	(85.7%-93.1%)
  CALD – low English proficiency	n.p.	n.p.
  CALD – high English proficiency	89%	(85.3%-91.9%)
  Non-CALD	84%	(82.5%-85.1%)
  All persons	84%	(83.3%-85.7%)
  Aged 65 and over
  CALD	96%	(94.2%-98.0%)
  CALD – low English proficiency	n.p.	n.p.
  CALD – high English proficiency	96%	(94.0%-98.5%)
  Non-CALD	97%	(96.3%-97.8%)
  All persons	97%	(96.1%-97.4%)
  Aged 15 and over
  CALD	93%	(91.1%-94.5%)
  CALD – low English proficiency	n.p.	n.p.
  CALD – high English proficiency	93%	(90.8%-94.5%)
  Non-CALD	90%	(89.2%-90.9%)
  All persons	90%	(89.7%-91.1%)

  Notes:

  • n.p. (not published) Category has been suppressed to avoid identifying individual people.

  1. Restricted to people with disability aged 15 and over living in households who completed a personal interview.
  2. Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) cohort includes people not born in a main English-speaking country and/or who mainly speak a language other than English at home.
  3. English proficiency is reported for people in the CALD cohort only. Low English proficiency group includes people who mainly speak a language other than English at home and say they speak English 'not well' or 'not at all'. High English proficiency group includes people who mainly speak English at home, and those who mainly speak a language other than English at home and say they speak English 'well' or 'very well'.
  4. Data have been randomly adjusted to avoid identifying individual people.

  Source: ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 2019. Microdata: Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia, 2018, ABS cat. no. 4430.0.30.002, ABS, AIHW analysis of detailed microdata in DataLab, accessed 31 March 2022.

  Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics – Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC) | Data source overview
  

• Remoteness

  Does the proportion of people with disability who have not experienced discrimination vary by remoteness?

  The data in the graph and the table below show the proportion of people with disability (aged 15 and over) who have not experienced discrimination due to disability in the last 12 months, grouped by remoteness. In 2018, 91% of people with disability living in major cities, and 89% in both inner regional areas and outer regional and remote areas had not experienced discrimination due to disability.

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  Remoteness	% of people with disability who have not experienced discrimination	95% Confidence Interval
  Aged 15–64
  Major cities	86%	(84.8%-87.6%)
  Inner regional	82%	(78.3%-85.1%)
  Outer regional and remote	80%	(75.6%-85.1%)
  All areas	84%	(83.3%-85.7%)
  Aged 65 and over
  Major cities	97%	(95.8%-97.4%)
  Inner regional	96%	(95.2%-97.6%)
  Outer regional and remote	98%	(95.9%-99.4%)
  All areas	97%	(96.1%-97.4%)
  Aged 15 and over
  Major cities	91%	(90.3%-92.1%)
  Inner regional	89%	(86.9%-90.7%)
  Outer regional and remote	89%	(86.8%-92.1%)
  All areas	90%	(89.7%-91.1%)

  Notes:

  1. Restricted to people with disability aged 15 and over living in households who completed a personal interview.
  2. Remoteness is classified according to Accessibility and Remoteness Index of Australia. Data source does not cover very remote areas.
  3. Data have been randomly adjusted to avoid identifying individual people.

  Source: ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 2019. Microdata: Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia, 2018, ABS cat. no. 4430.0.30.002, ABS, AIHW analysis of detailed microdata in DataLab, accessed 31 March 2022.

  Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics – Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC) | Data source overview
  

• Disability group

  Does the proportion of people with disability who have not experienced discrimination vary by disability group?

  The data in the graph and the table below show the proportion of people with disability aged 15 and over who have not experienced discrimination due to disability in the last 12 months, by disability group. In 2018, 93% of people with sensory or speech disability had not experienced discrimination due to disability, compared with 76% of people with psychosocial disability.

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  Disability group	% of people with disability who have not experienced discrimination	95% Confidence Interval
  Aged 15–64
  Sensory and speech	83%	(79.5%-85.8%)
  Intellectual	74%	(67.7%-79.6%)
  Physical restriction	83%	(81.4%-84.9%)
  Psychosocial	72%	(68.7%-74.3%)
  Head injury, stroke or acquired brain injury	74%	(67.2%-80.4%)
  Other	78%	(76.0%-80.7%)
  All with disability	84%	(83.3%-85.7%)
  Aged 65 and over
  Sensory and speech	97%	(96.1%-98.1%)
  Intellectual	93%	(89.1%-96.8%)
  Physical restriction	96%	(95.1%-96.8%)
  Psychosocial	91%	(88.3%-93.4%)
  Head injury, stroke or acquired brain injury	92%	(87.4%-95.7%)
  Other	94%	(93.2%-95.5%)
  All with disability	97%	(96.1%-97.4%)
  Aged 15 and over
  Sensory and speech	93%	(91.4%-93.7%)
  Intellectual	78%	(74.0%-82.2%)
  Physical restriction	89%	(88.5%-90.4%)
  Psychosocial	76%	(74.2%-78.6%)
  Head injury, stroke or acquired brain injury	81%	(76.6%-85.5%)
  Other	86%	(84.2%-86.8%)
  All with disability	90%	(89.7%-91.1%)

  Notes:

  1. Restricted to people with disability aged 15 and over living in households who completed a personal interview.
  2. Components will not add to total as people may report impairments related to more than one disability group. In such cases, people are counted separately for each disability group but are only counted once in the aggregated total.
  3. Data have been randomly adjusted to avoid identifying individual people.

  Source: ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 2019. Microdata: Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia, 2018, ABS cat. no. 4430.0.30.002, ABS, AIHW analysis of detailed microdata in DataLab, accessed 31 March 2022.

  Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics – Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC) | Data source overview
  

• Severity of disability

  Does the proportion of people with disability who have not experienced discrimination vary by severity of disability?

  The data in the graph and the table below show the proportion of people with disability aged 15 and over who have not experienced discrimination due to disability in the last 12 months, grouped by disability severity. In 2018, the proportion of people with disability who had not experienced discrimination due to disability was 82% for people with severe or profound disability and 93% for people with other disability status.

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  Severity of disability	% of people with disability who have not experienced discrimination	95% Confidence Interval
  Aged 15–64
  Severe or profound disability	68%	(64.1%-72.7%)
  Other disability status	88%	(87.2%-89.7%)
  All with disability	84%	(83.3%-85.7%)
  Aged 65 and over
  Severe or profound disability	95%	(93.1%-96.0%)
  Other disability status	98%	(96.9%-98.3%)
  All with disability	97%	(96.1%-97.4%)
  Aged 15 and over
  Severe or profound disability	82%	(79.6%-84.3%)
  Other disability status	93%	(91.8%-93.4%)
  All with disability	90%	(89.7%-91.1%)

  Notes:

  1. Restricted to people with disability aged 15 and over living in households who completed a personal interview.
  2. Severe or profound disability means always or sometimes needing assistance or supervision with self-care, mobility, and/or communication.
  3. Data have been randomly adjusted to avoid identifying individual people.

  Source: ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 2019. Microdata: Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia, 2018, ABS cat. no. 4430.0.30.002, ABS, AIHW analysis of detailed microdata in DataLab, accessed 31 March 2022.

  Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics – Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC) | Data source overview