Employment and financial security
Outcome: People with disability have economic security, enabling them to plan for the future and exercise choice and control over their lives
Why is this outcome area important?
Employment and financial security are central to improving outcomes for people with disability. This includes providing jobs and career opportunities and having adequate income for people with disability to meet their needs (Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021–2031).
What are the policy priorities?
- Economic participation: Increase employment of people with disability.
- Transition to employment: Improve the transition of young people with disability from education to employment.
- Economic independence: Strengthen financial independence of people with disability.
Launch measures
Data for the 3 policy priorities under this outcome area are available for 5 system measures and 4 population measures (Table 2.1). For future measures requiring development, see Future measures.
| Policy priority | Launch measure | Baseline time point | Baseline value | Latest time point | Latest value | Change since baseline | Progress status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Economic participation |
Number of valid 52-week full outcome claims for employment in the 12-month period for people with disability‡ (system measure) |
2020–21 |
16,041 |
2021–22 |
26,242 |
10,201 |
Progress |
|
Economic participation |
Proportion of people with disability using jobactive who obtain at least one job placement in a 12-month period which later converted to a 26-week outcome‡ (system outcome) |
2020–21 |
7.5% |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
|
Economic participation |
Proportion of NDIS participants who get the support they need to do their job(a) (system measure) |
2021–22 Q2 |
65.9% |
2021–22 Q4 |
64.7% |
–1.2 pp |
Regress |
|
Economic participation |
Gap in proportion of people with disability in the labour force who are unemployed, compared with proportion of people without disability (population measure) |
2018 |
4.7 pp |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
|
Economic participation |
Proportion of NDIS participants aged 15–64 in the labour force who are in open employment at full award wage (population measure) |
2021–22 Q2 |
19.9% |
2021–22 Q4 |
20.5% |
0.6 pp |
Progress |
|
Transition to employment |
Proportion of VET graduates with disability who are employed on completion of training (system measure) |
2021 |
51.6% |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
|
Transition to employment |
Proportion of NDIS young people (aged 15–24) in employment (system measure) |
2021–22 Q2 |
17.6% |
2021–22 Q4 |
18.1% |
0.5 pp |
Progress |
|
Transition to employment |
Proportion of young people (aged 15–24) with disability in the labour force who are employed(b) (population measure) |
2018 |
75.9% |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
|
Economic independence |
Gap in median gross income for a person with disability aged |
2018 |
$511 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
‡ Measure wording has been revised to reflect available data more accurately or clarify the measure’s intent. See relevant measure section below for more information.
n.a. – not available; pp – percentage points; VET – vocational education and training.
- This measure will be replaced in the future by ‘Proportion of NDIS participants with an employment goal in receipt of employment income in the last 12 months’.
- This measure will be replaced in the future by ‘Proportion of school leavers with disability who are not in employment, education or training 12 months later’.
References
Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021–2031 (2021), Department of Social Services, Australian Government, accessed 16 June 2022.
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