Most (95%) working-age people with disability who are unemployed or not in the labour force report at least one difficulty finding work. Own ill health or disability is the most common reason (44%), followed by:
- too many applicants for available jobs (25%)
- lacked necessary skills or education (23%)
- insufficient work experience (18%) (Table 1).
|
Selected difficulties finding employment
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With disability
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Without disability
|
|
Own ill health or disability
|
43.5
|
1.7
|
|
Too many applicants for available jobs
|
24.8
|
35.1
|
|
Lacked necessary skills or education
|
23.2
|
19.5
|
|
Insufficient work experience
|
18.3
|
20.9
|
|
No vacancies at all
|
17.8
|
21.1
|
|
Considered too old by employers
|
17.2
|
9.2
|
|
Other difficulties
|
16.0
|
10.7
|
|
Too far to travel/transport problems
|
9.4
|
6.7
|
|
No feedback from employers
|
7.3
|
8.9
|
(a) Aged 15–64 with disability living in households who are unemployed or not in the labour force.
Note: More than one difficulty may be reported.
Source: ABS 2016; see also Table S3.
References
ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 2016. Microdata: disability, ageing and carers, Australia, 2015. ABS cat. no. 4430.0.30.002. Canberra: ABS. AIHW analysis of TableBuilder.