Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) – Business Systems

Attributes

Collection frequency

Annual

Latest data

2024–25

Description of data source

The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations enables access to quality skills, training and employment to support Australians to find secure work in fair, productive and safe workplaces.1

Disability

Disability status is derived from Job Seeker Classification Instrument (JSCI) questions around partial work capacity, and income support type.

Age

Age is calculated at participants' period of assistance exit date if they have exited Workforce Australia Services, or as at 30 June 2024 for participants still on the caseload at that date.

Gender/sex

'Male’ and 'Female’ reported.

Indigenous status

Indigenous status is derived from the combination of Job Seeker Classification Instrument (JSCI) and Services Australia Registration data. Indigenous identification in the JSCI is voluntary.

Definition of CALD

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) cohort includes people born in countries other than main English-speaking countries (Australia, New Zealand, the UK, the USA, Canada, Republic of Ireland, and South Africa).

Geographic information

Data are based on the 2021 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS).

Remoteness is classified according to Accessibility and Remoteness Index of Australia.2

State/Territory

National, state and territory data are available.

Measures reported
Notes

 

  1. Further information on the geographic standard used by this data source can be found at Remoteness Structure | Australian Bureau of Statistics (abs.gov.au).