Disability Services Census Report 2005
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The Disability Services Census Report 2005 provides detailed information on Australian Government funded specialist disability services and their consumers.
Table of contents
- Executive Summary
- History of the Disability Services Census
- Disability Service Outlets and Staff Profiles
- Disability Employment Service Consumer Profile
- Jurisdiction Specific Data
- References
- Appendices
- Glossary of Terms
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March 2006 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory FaCSIA
Acknowledgments
The successful completion of Australian Government Disability Services Census 2005 was made possible by the participation of disability service providers and industry peak bodies.
The Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaCSIA) appreciates the time taken by services to complete the Census collection in a timely manner.
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1. Executive Summary
1.1 Machinery of Government Changes
Following the Federal Election in October 2004, a number of machinery of government (MoG) changes were made. These changes, which became effective on 1 December 2004, included the transfer of responsibility for open employment services to the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR). Responsibility for supported employment services remained with the Department of Family and Community Services (FaCS), and dual open/supported employment services ceased to exist. Further, the Department’s name was amended from FaCS to the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaCSIA) with the MoG changes on 27 January 2006.
1.2 Commonwealth State Territory Disability Agreement
The Commonwealth State Territory Disability Agreement (CSTDA) provides the national framework for the provision of government services for people with a disability. To date, there have been three Agreements, and under each of these, the Australian Government has been responsible for specialist disability employment services. State and territory governments are responsible for accommodation support, community support, community access, and respite services. Responsibility for advocacy, information, and print disability services is shared between the Australian Government and other jurisdictions.
Under the CSTDA, only the Australian Government provides funding for specialist disability employment services. The Australian Government funding provides people with a disability access to vocational programs and employment, thereby promoting economic and social participation and choice for people with disabilities in work and the community. The remaining disability services are funded under the terms of the CSTDA by both the Australian Government and state/territory governments.
The current CSTDA (through the National Minimum Data Set) requires the Australian Government and state/territory governments to collect disability program, service and consumer data on an annual basis. The Australian Government fulfills its obligations by collecting data through its annual Census. This report details the findings from the 2004–05 Census collection.
This report provides national data on specialist services for people with disabilities funded under the CSTDA. It includes data on open employment services for which, as mentioned in Section 1.1, policy responsibility lies with DEWR. Data are provided on people with a disability (consumers) who used specialist disability employment services during the 2004–05 financial year. In addition to the comprehensive information on disability employment services and their consumers, the report also provides information on other Australian Government funded disability services ; respite, advocacy, information, and print disability.
The purpose of this report is to provide detailed information on Australian Government funded specialist disability services and their consumers, to government agencies, disability ministers, policy makers, the disability sector, and the general public.
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1.3 Summary of the Disability Services Census
This report has been written in five separate, yet interrelated chapters. The first chapter is the executive summary, which provides a brief outline of the layout and major findings of the current report. The second chapter provides a brief history of the Disability Services Census collection, while the third gives detailed information on disability service outlets and their staff; including the number of outlets and the services provided, as well as staff numbers, hours worked and other information.
The largest component of the report, the fourth chapter, provides information on consumers of Australian Government funded disability employment services. Demographic data, including gender, age, Indigenous status, country of birth, main language spoken at home, need for interpreter, and transport requirements are provided. The relationship between some of these data and service outlet type are detailed as well. Information about consumer’s primary disability, need for assistance, residential setting, living arrangements and income are included. Employment characteristics make up the last section of this chapter.
The fifth chapter provides a breakdown of data across Australian jurisdictions. Information is provided for each jurisdiction, and covers service outlet and staff numbers, consumer demographics, and specific employment–related data. The report also includes a reference list, glossary of terms, and appendices. Please note that tables appearing in the Appendices are labelled with an A (e.g., Table 1A).
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1.4 Major Findings
There were 854 Australian Government funded disability service outlets operational during 2004–05, and 711 of these were disability employment services. In the previous financial year, there were a total of 908 outlets, and 760 of these were disability employment services. The lower number of outlets is largely due to amalgamations between some disability employment service outlets. Changes to the number of outlets are also a result of the December 2004 MoG changes. At this time, dual open/supported services ceased to operate and these outlets commenced operation as either an open or supported employment service provider.
Staff in Australian Government funded disability services in 2004–05 worked a total of 277,496 hours per week. This is an increase of 20,229 hours from the 257,267 hours reported in 2003–04. With regard to full-time equivalent (FTE) staff, approximately 7,303 FTE staff worked in disability services nationally. This represents 533 more FTE staff across Australia in 2004–05 compared with 2003–04.
The number of staff hours per consumer increased from 3.7 hours in 2003–04 to 4.1 hours in 2004–05. This is around 10 per cent.
Employment service staff recorded the majority of staff hours, taking up 84.2 per cent of total staff hours. Total hours worked by employment service staff increased from 215,208 in 2003–04 to 233,677 in 2004–05.
There were 52,693 consumers receiving support from a disability employment service on 30 June 2005, which is slightly greater than the number reported in 2004.
In total, there were 68,370 consumers assisted by Australian Government funded disability employment services in 2004–05, which is a decrease on the 68,873 reported in 2003–04. Of these, 43,768 were male and 24,602 were female, and most consumers spoke English as their main language. Across the three employment service types, 46,003 consumers accessed open employment services, 19,193 accessed supported employment services, and 3,174 accessed dual open/supported employment services (please see section 1.1).
Most other data are similar across the 2003–04 and 2004–05 financial years. For example, the proportion of consumers born overseas and those whose main language is not English have remained stable over time. Similarly, the proportion of Indigenous consumers has remained steady, as has the income earned by working employment service consumers.
2. History of the Disability Services Census
The Australian Government Disability Services Census was developed to provide comprehensive information on Australian Government funded specialist disability employment services and their consumers.
In March 1991, a survey was conducted to assess all Australian Government funded disability services. This survey was conducted by AGB Australia and funded through the then Department of Health, Housing and Community Services (DHHCS). The final report summarised data collected on disability employment services between January and June 1991 (DHHCS, 1991).
A decision at the April 1993 meeting of the Working Party to the Review of Funding Arrangements for the Disability Services Program instigated a review of the 1991 Census. As a result of this review, pilot testing was conducted in July 1993 to improve the Census collection. The resultant report was more comprehensive than its predecessor (Department of Human Services and Health [DHSH], 1994).
The 1995 report provided data for the period 1 October 1994 to 30 September 1995. This report signified the first instance of reporting on data other than those related to disability employment services. Specifically, data on print disability, advocacy, information, and disability employment services were included in the 1995 report (Department of Health and Family Services [DHFS], 1997).
While the 1997 report remained relatively unchanged compared to its immediate predecessor, it signified the first year that (i) the Department of Family and Community Services became responsible for the Census collection and report, and (ii) the report became an annual publication (Department of Family and Community Services [FaCS], 1998). Since that time, FaCS has continued to have responsibility for the collection and reporting of Census data.
In 1998, the Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA) was included in the Census collection to provide updated information on service accessibility. For the 1998 report, data were collected for the period 20 October 1997 to 19 October 1998 (FaCS, 1999). There were no changes made to the 1999 Census collection, where data were collected for the period 25 May 1998 to 26 May 1999 (FaCS, 2000).
The 2000 report included two major data additions. Full financial year data was published for the first time, as was information on respite services (FaCS, 2002). These data have been reported in subsequent reports. Between 1995 and 2001, the report was titled Commonwealth Disability Services Census. In 2002, the title changed to reflect a name change from Commonwealth to Australian Government, and has since been referred to as the Australian Government Disability Services Census.
Very few amendments were made to the report between 1998 and 2003. While the 2003 report provided some attempt at cross year comparison (FaCS, 2005a), the 2004 report presented more in-depth analysis than previous reports (FaCS, 2005b).
The current report has been written in a similar manner to its immediate predecessor and continues the attempt to provide more meaningful information to disability ministers, policy makers, researchers, the disability sector and the general public.
3. Disability Service Outlets and Staff Profiles
- 3.1 Disability Service Outlet Profiles
- 3.2 Hours, Days and Weeks of Outlet Operation
- 3.3 Staff Profile
This chapter provides information on all types of Australian Government funded disability services, as well as the distribution of these service types within each jurisdiction. Specific information is provided on specialist disability employment services, including the number and per cent of service outlets operational during the 2004-05 financial year. The final section provides data on disability employment service staff, including the hours they worked and their role in service provision.
3.1 Disability Service Outlet Profiles
3.1.1 Number of Disability Service Outlets
There were 854 Australian Government funded disability service outlets operational in 2004-05, which is 54 fewer (5.9% decrease) than the 908 outlets reported in 2003-04. The main reason for this decline in outlet numbers is amalgamations between some outlets in an attempt to better align service delivery for consumers with a disability. Specifically, 42 supported employment outlets, 3 open employment outlets, and 1 dual open/supported outlet, merged. There were also 12 new outlets opened during the 2004-05 financial year, and 20 outlets that closed or ceased operation as an employment service provider (7 supported employment, 4 open employment, 2 dual open/supported, 4 advocacy and 3 respite).
Figure 3.1 shows the number and per cent of outlets by service type for each of the 854 outlets. This Figure indicates that of all service outlets, the vast majority (711; 83.3%) were disability employment services. The breakdown of proportions across service type are comparable to those reported in 2003-04. For example, in 2003-04, 83.7 per cent of the 908 funded services were disability employment services.
Information about disability service outlets across Australian jurisdictions is shown in Table 3.1. The number and per cent of employment, respite, print disability, advocacy, and information service outlets is given. The data are presented for each jurisdiction. For example, there were 241 disability employment service outlets in New South Wales (NSW), which corresponds to 86.1 per cent of the 280 disability service outlets in NSW.
Table 3.1 indicates that across all jurisdictions there were more disability employment service outlets than any other service type. Further, respite services made up one-quarter of disability services in the Northern Territory (NT), which is much higher than the proportion reported for other jurisdictions. Similarly, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and NT had higher proportions of advocacy services than did other jurisdictions. Finally, the ACT and NSW were the only jurisdictions to provide a disability information service (see Table 3.1 for more information). Overall, these data are similar to those reported in 2003-04.
| Jurisdiction |
Employment |
Respite |
Print disability |
Advocacy |
Information |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSW |
241
|
16
|
3
|
19
|
1
|
280
|
|
(86.1%)
|
(5.7%)
|
(1.1%)
|
(6.8%)
|
(0.4%)
|
|
|
| Vic |
162
|
8
|
3
|
22
|
-
|
195
|
|
(83.1%)
|
(4.1%)
|
(1.5%)
|
(11.3%)
|
|
|
|
| Qld |
118
|
13
|
1
|
8
|
-
|
140
|
|
(84.3%)
|
(9.3%)
|
(0.7%)
|
(5.7%)
|
|
|
|
| WA |
56
|
9
|
2
|
8
|
-
|
75
|
|
(74.7%)
|
(12.0%)
|
(2.7%)
|
(10.7%)
|
|
|
|
| SA |
79
|
3
|
1
|
7
|
-
|
90
|
|
(87.8%)
|
(3.3%)
|
(1.1%)
|
(7.8%)
|
|
|
|
| Tas |
35
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
-
|
42
|
|
(83.3%)
|
(7.1%)
|
(2.4%)
|
(7.1%)
|
|
|
|
| ACT |
10
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
16
|
|
(62.5%)
|
(6.3%)
|
(6.3%)
|
(18.8%)
|
(6.3%)
|
|
|
| NT |
10
|
4
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
16
|
|
(62.5%)
|
(25.0%)
|
|
(12.5%)
|
|
|
|
| Total |
711
|
57
|
12
|
72
|
2
|
854
|
|
(83.3%)
|
(6.7%)
|
(1.4%)
|
(8.4%)
|
(0.2%)
|
|
|
| * Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding |
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3.1.2 Location of Disability Service Outlets
To ensure information in this report is comparable to other Australian Government publications, we have used Remoteness Areas data rather than the accessibility data provided in past reports.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Areas (RA) was used to assess location of service outlets. The postcode of each service outlet location was coded into one of five RA categories; major city of Australia; inner regional Australia; outer regional Australia; remote Australia and very remote Australia.
Proportions for each of the service types across the five location categories were calculated. These proportions are provided in Table 3.2, and show that except for respite outlets over half of all service outlets were located in a major city. For respite services, 38.2 per cent of outlets were located in a major city, 31.6 per cent were in an inner regional area, and 17.9 per cent in an outer regional area. Respite outlets were less likely to be in remote (8.0%) or very remote (4.4%) areas. Further, all print disability outlets were located in a major city or inner regional area, and all information outlets were located in a major city.
| Service Type |
Major city |
Inner regional |
Outer regional |
Remote |
Very Remote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employment |
54.0
|
26.1
|
17.0
|
2.3
|
0.6
|
| Respite |
38.2
|
31.6
|
17.9
|
8.0
|
4.4
|
| Print disability |
91.3
|
8.7
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Advocacy |
70.7
|
20.8
|
5.7
|
2.6
|
0.2
|
| Information |
100.0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
*Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding
3.1.3 Number of Disability Employment Services Outlets
Prior to the MoG changes on 1 December 2004, disability employment services were separated into three service types according to the nature of the services they provided. These types were:
- Open Employment Services - services that assist people with a disability to work in the open labour market. They can also assist people with a disability in transferring from special education or employment in a supported work setting, to paid employment in the open labour market;
- Supported Employment Services (or business services) - are those that directly provide support and employment to people with a disability; and
- Open/Supported Employment Services - services that provide both open and supported employment assistance to people with a disability.
An affect of the 2004 MoG changes was that dual open/supported employment services ceased to exist as at 1 December 2004, and commenced operation as either an open or supported employment outlet. However, to ensure consistency with past reports, this report provides information on all three service types across the whole 2004-05 financial year.
Table 3.3 provides the number of employment service outlets across jurisdictions. This table shows that NSW had the most outlets for each employment service type. Victoria (VIC) had the second highest number of supported and dual open/ supported outlets, and QLD had the second greatest number of open employment services. Further, NT had the lowest number of open and supported employment service outlets, whereas the ACT had the lowest number of dual open/supported employment services. These data are reflective of population size differences across jurisdictions. That is, NSW and VIC have the largest populations and thus require more services than less populated jurisdictions such as NT and ACT.
When proportions within jurisdictions were taken into account, it was shown that supported employment services were the most common form of disability employment service in NSW, VIC, South Australia (SA), Tasmania (TAS), ACT and NT. On the contrary, open employment services were the most common form of disability employment service in Queensland (QLD) and Western Australia (WA). Open and dual open/supported services were equally common in NT.
|
Open |
Supported |
Dual Open/ Supported |
Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSW |
87
|
141
|
13
|
241
|
|
(36.1%)
|
(58.5%)
|
(5.4%)
|
|
|
| Vic |
65
|
91
|
6
|
162
|
|
(40.1%)
|
(56.2%)
|
(3.7%)
|
|
|
| Qld |
70
|
46
|
2
|
118
|
|
(59.3%)
|
(39.0%)
|
(1.7%)
|
|
|
| WA |
27
|
24
|
5
|
56
|
|
(48.2%)
|
(42.9%)
|
(8.9%)
|
|
|
| SA |
28
|
48
|
3
|
79
|
|
(35.4%)
|
(60.8%)
|
(3.8%)
|
|
|
| Tas |
13
|
19
|
3
|
35
|
|
(37.1%)
|
(54.3%)
|
(8.6%)
|
|
|
| ACT |
4
|
5
|
1
|
10
|
|
(40.0%)
|
(50.0%)
|
(10.0%)
|
|
|
| NT |
3
|
4
|
3
|
10
|
|
(30.0%)
|
(40.0%)
|
(30.0%)
|
|
|
| Total |
297
|
378
|
36
|
711
|
|
(41.8%)
|
(53.2%)
|
(5.1%)
|
|
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3.1.4 Location of Disability Employment Service Outlets
Table 3.4 provides a break down of the proportion of each of the three employment service outlet types across location. The table shows that for each disability employment service type, over half of the outlets were located in major cities. More specifically, 56.0 per cent of open employment service outlets, 52.6 per cent of supported employment service outlets, and 52.5 per cent of dual open/supported employment service outlets, were located in major cities.
The next most common location across all employment service types was inner regional. A significant proportion of disability employment services were located in outer regional areas, and a small proportion of services were located across both remote areas and very remote areas (see table 3.4 for more detail).
| Service type |
Major city |
Inner regional |
Outer regional |
Remote |
Very Remote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open |
56.0
|
24.8
|
15.1
|
3.9
|
0.3
|
| Supported |
52.6
|
27.5
|
18.2
|
1.2
|
0.5
|
| Dual Open/ Supported |
52.5
|
21.9
|
20.6
|
0.2
|
4.7
|
* Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding
Table 3.5 provides the proportion of open, supported and dual open/supported outlets located within the five location categories. This table shows of all employment service outlets located in major cities, over half were supported employment outlets (51.8%), and 43.3 per cent were open employment outlets. Similarly, there were a higher proportion of supported employment outlets across inner regional and outer regional areas than the other two outlet types (see Table 3.5).
Further, the majority of outlets located in remote areas were open employment outlets, and outlets located in very remote areas were predominantly supported and dual open/supported outlets (see Table 3.5 for further detail).
| Service type |
Major cities |
Inner regional |
Outer regional |
Remote |
Very Remote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open |
43.3
|
39.7
|
37.0
|
71.5
|
17.6
|
| Supported |
51.8
|
56.0
|
56.9
|
28.1
|
42.2
|
| Dual Open/ Supported |
4.9
|
4.2
|
6.1
|
0.5
|
40.2
|
* Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding
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3.2 Hours, Days and Weeks of Outlet Operation
This section provides details about the average number of hours per week and the average number of weeks per year, outlets were operational during the 2004-05 financial year.
3.2.1 Average Outlet Hours of Operation Per Week
Table 3.6 provides information on the average number of hours service outlets were operational per week during the 2004-05 financial year. The table shows that most (83.1%; 710 of 854) outlets, regardless of service type, were operational for an average of 7 to 8 hours per day. While employment outlets were most likely to operate between 7 and 8 hours per day, there were a significant number of employment outlets which operated greater than 8 hours but less than 24 hours per day. There were 14 outlets with no regular pattern of operation.
Employment outlets were the most likely to report operational hours less than seven hours per day. Whereas respite services were the most likely service type to report operating 24 hours per day.
|
Less than 7 |
7 to 8 |
More than 8, but less than 24 |
24 |
No regular pattern |
Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employment |
24
|
598
|
78
|
3
|
8
|
711
|
| Respite |
0
|
37
|
6
|
9
|
5
|
57
|
| Print disability |
2
|
7
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
12
|
| Advocacy |
3
|
66
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
72
|
| Information |
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
| Total |
29
|
710
|
89
|
12
|
14
|
854
|
3.2.2 Average Outlet Days of Operation Per Week
Table 3.7 provides information about the average number of days service outlets were operational per week during the 2004-05 financial year. The table shows that across service type, the majority (776; 90.9%) of outlets were operational for five days. The majority of these outlets were employment service outlets (654; 84.3%). Further, a significant number of service outlets were operational for seven days per week, and these were predominantly employment and respite service outlets (see Table 3.7 for further information). Finally, there were nine outlets which had no regular number of days of operation.
| Days of operation per week |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
No regular pattern |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employment |
2
|
5
|
10
|
654
|
9
|
25
|
6
|
711
|
| Respite |
0
|
2
|
0
|
42
|
0
|
10
|
3
|
57
|
| Print disability |
0
|
1
|
0
|
11
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
12
|
| Advocacy |
0
|
0
|
3
|
67
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
72
|
| Information |
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
| Total |
2
|
8
|
13
|
776
|
9
|
37
|
9
|
854
|
* No outlets were operational for only one day per week
3.2.3 Average Number of Weeks of Operation Per Year
Table 3.8 provides information about the number of weeks service outlets were operational during the 2004-05 financial year. The table shows that 491 outlets (57.5%) were operational for 52 weeks. However, this was not the most common pattern of operation across service types. While employment, respite, and information services were more likely to operate 52 weeks per year than any other pattern of operation, print disability and advocacy services were most likely to operate between 48 and 51 weeks per year. Overall though, 97.2 per cent of all outlets operated for more than 48 weeks per year. Refer to Table 3.8 for further information.
|
1 to 39 weeks |
40 to 47 weeks |
48 to 51 weeks |
52 weeks |
No regular pattern |
Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employment |
4
|
11
|
290
|
403
|
3
|
711
|
| Respite |
0
|
0
|
2
|
52
|
3
|
57
|
| Print disability |
0
|
0
|
9
|
3
|
0
|
12
|
| Advocacy |
2
|
1
|
38
|
31
|
0
|
72
|
| Information |
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
| Total |
6
|
12
|
339
|
491
|
6
|
854
|
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3.3 Staff Profile
Staff in all Australian Government funded disability services in 2004-05 worked a total of 277,496 hours per week. This represents an increase of 20,229 (7.9%) hours from the 257,267 hours reported in 2003-04. These weekly staff hours equate to approximately 7,303 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff across Australia, which is 533 more FTE staff nationally in 2004-05 than in 2003-04.
There were differences in the proportions of direct and indirect staff hours across open and supported employment services. For supported employment services, 72.5 per cent of total staff hours were direct service provision in 2004-05 and 67.0 per cent in 2003-04. For open employment services, direct staff hours decreased from 69.7 per cent in 2003-04 to 66.6 per cent in 2004-05. Refer to Table 2A for more detailed data on direct, indirect and total staff hours across the 2004-05 financial year.
Across all service types, 185 (21.7%) had 0-2 FTE staff, 263 (30.8%) had 3-5 FTE staff, 240 (28.1%) had 6-10 FTE staff, and 166 (19.4%) had 11 or more full time staff. These numbers are similar to those reported in 2003-04.
Disability employment services recorded the most staff hours, with 233,677 (6,149 FTE staff) hours being worked by these staff in 2004-05. Data on the remaining service types are provided in Table 1A. Further, more staff hours were reported across supported employment services (151,407 hours; 64.8%) than for either open or dual open/supported employment services. Refer to Table 2A for detailed data on staff hours across employment service type.
Table 3.9 provides the number (and per cent) of staff who worked in direct or indirect support roles. The table shows that the majority of staff worked in direct support roles, with at least 70 per cent of all staff working directly with consumers of disability services. Print disability had the highest proportion of staff working in direct roles, and the proportion of staff working in direct service provision ranged from 70.2 to 76.1 per cent for the other four service types (see Table 3.9 for further information).
Table 3.9 also shows that, across service type, approximately 30 per cent of staff did not work directly with consumers, but worked in positions such as clerical work and training personnel. These data are generally comparable to those reported for 2003-04. For more detailed information regarding direct and indirect staff hours please refer to Tables 1A and 2A.
|
Direct |
Indirect |
Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment |
4,358
(70.9) |
1,791
(29.1) |
6,149
|
| Respite |
453
(76.1) |
142
(23.9) |
595
|
| Print disability |
251
(90.3) |
27
(9.7) |
278
|
| Advocacy |
193
(70.2) |
82
(29.8) |
275
|
| Information |
3
(75.0) |
1
(25.0) |
4
|
| Total |
5,259
(72.0) |
2,043
(30.3) |
7,302
|
* Numbers are rounded to the closest whole number
4. Disability Employment Service Consumer Profile
- 4.1 Consumer Demographic Information
- 4.2 Consumers and Disability Employment Service Type
- 4.3 Primary Disability of Consumers Across Service Type
- 4.4 Need for Assistance
- 4.5 Residential Setting
- 4.6 Living Arrangement
- 4.7 Income
- 4.8 Employment Characteristics
Consumer profile data are collected and reported in two ways. The first provides data only on people who were registered and receiving assistance from a disability employment service on 30 June 2005 – these data are referred to as consumers ‘on the books’. The second provides data on all people who accessed disability employment services during the 2004–05 financial year. Dual open/supported employment services ceased operation on 1 December 2004, and therefore full financial year data for this service type should be interpreted with caution. This chapter provides details predominantly on the full financial year. Consumer on the books data are reported in sub-section 4.8 because full financial year data are not collected for items covered in that sub-section. Further information regarding consumers on the books can be accessed on the FaCSIA website (http://www.facs.gov.au/dscensus).
There were 52,693 consumers on the books in disability employment services on 30 June 2005, which is an increase of 156 consumers ‘on the books’ on 30 June 2004. A further 15,677 consumers accessed disability employment services sometime during 2004-05, bringing the total number of consumers for the 2004–05 financial year to 68,370. This is a decrease of 503 consumers on the 68,873 reported in 2003–04. These data suggest a lower rate of consumers leaving disability employment services during 2004–05 compared with 2003–04.
Of the 68,370 consumers, 52,188 (76.3%) were on Block Grant Funding (BGF), and 16,182 (23.7%) were on Case Based Funding (CBF). Across employment service type, of the 46,003 open employment service consumers, 35,114 (76.3%) were on BGF and 10,889 (23.7%) were on CBF. Of the 19,193 supported employment service consumers, 14,779 (77.0%) were on BGF and 4,414 (23.0%) were on CBF. Finally, for the 3,174 dual open/supported employment service consumers, 2,295 (72.3%) were on BGF and 879 (27.7%) were on CBF.
4.1 Consumer Demographic Information
4.1.1 Gender
Of the 68,370 consumers who accessed disability employment services in 2004–05, 43,768 (64.0%) were male and 24,602 (36.0%) were female, which is similar to the gender breakdown reported in 2003–04.
4.1.2 Age
A large number of consumers were aged between 20–24 years (n=12,323), and 30–49 years (n=30,019), and very few consumers were aged less than 16 years (n=250) or greater than 65 years (n=340). Interestingly, in comparison to last financial year, there was a sizeable decrease in the number of consumers aged 30 –39 years (401 consumers less; 2.4%)
4.1.3 Relationship Between Gender and Age
Table 4.1, which provides information on the number (and per cent) of males and females using disability employment services across the various age groups, shows that across all age ranges, males were significantly more likely than females to have accessed disability employment services. This gender discrepancy was most noticeable in the less than 16 years age group (80.4% males), and was also considerable in the 60-64 year and greater than 65 years age groups (71.5% and 75.6% males, respectively).
|
‹ 16 |
16-19 |
20-24 |
25-29 |
30-39 |
40-49 |
50-59 |
60-64 |
≥ 65 |
Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males |
201
(80.4) |
4,946
(68.1) |
7,951
(64.5) |
5,632
(63.8) |
10,412
(64.8) |
8,480
(60.8) |
4,915
(61.5) |
974
(71.5) |
257
(75.6) |
43,768
(64.0) |
| Females |
49
(19.6) |
2,318
(31.9) |
4,372
(35.5) |
3,189
(36.2) |
5,664
(35.2) |
5,463
(39.2) |
3,076
(38.5) |
388
(28.5) |
83
(24.4) |
24,602
(36.0) |
| Total |
250
|
7,264
|
12,323
|
8,821
|
16,076
|
13,943
|
7,991
|
1,362
|
340
|
68,370
|
* Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding
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4.1.4 Indigenous Status
Of the 68,370 disability employment consumers, 1,307 (1.9%) identified as being of Aboriginal origin, 95 (0.1%) of Torres Strait Islander descent, and 223 (0.3%) of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin. See Table 3A for more information about the Indigenous Origin of consumers.
4.1.5 Country of Birth
This report calculates and provides country of birth data in two ways. The first is the same way it was calculated and provided in the 2004 report, which enables comparison with the 2003–04 financial year. That is, the Other-English speaking category is calculated by summing the number of people born in Scotland, England and New Zealand, and data in the other country category are placed into the Non-English speaking category. These data show that the majority of consumers in 2004–05 were born in Australia (60,384; 88.3%), 1,966 (2.9%), were born in Other– English speaking countries, and 4,907 (7.2%) were born in Non–English speaking countries. Place of birth data was not available for 1,113 (1.6%) consumers. These figures are comparable to those reported in 2003–04.
The second way involves classifying countries in accordance with the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) classification guidelines regarding English speaking status. This method is an improvement on the first method as it ensures information in this report is comparable to other Australian Government publications. Using the ABS guidelines, 2,210 (3.2%) were born in Other–English speaking countries, and 4,663 (6.8%) were born in Non–English speaking countries. Given the different methodology used, these data cannot be compared to the data from 2003–04. However, this methodology of calculating country of birth will be used in future reports, meaning that comparisons will be possible next year. See Table 4A for more detailed information about country of birth.
4.1.6 Main Language Spoken
Table 4.2 provides information on the main language spoken at home by consumers. This table shows that the majority of consumers in 2004–05 spoke English at home (94.2%). Italian was the most common language other than English spoken at home (328; 0.5%). These data are comparable to that reported in 2003–04. See Table 5A for more detailed information about the main language spoken at home by consumers.
| Language |
Number |
Percent |
|---|---|---|
| English |
64,412
|
94.2
|
| Italian |
328
|
0.5
|
| Arabic/Lebanese |
281
|
0.4
|
| Vietnamese |
275
|
0.4
|
| Greek |
202
|
0.3
|
| Chinese |
188
|
0.3
|
| Spanish |
116
|
0.2
|
| German |
21
|
0.0
|
| Other language |
2,162
|
3.2
|
| Not known |
385
|
0.6
|
| Total |
68,370
|
100.0
|
* Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding
4.1.7 Need for Interpreter
In 2004–05, interpreter services for a spoken language were required by 611 (0.9%) consumers, and a further 1,506 (2.2%) consumers required interpreter services for non-spoken communication. While these proportions are similar to those reported in 2003–04, there were an additional 113 consumers in 2004–05 who required an interpreter service for a spoken language. See Table 6A for additional information on the need for interpreters by consumers.
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4.2 Consumers and Disability Employment Service Type
Of the 68,370 disability employment service consumers in 2004–05, the majority were assisted by open employment services (46,003; 67.3%). Supported employment services assisted 19,193 (28.1%) consumers and dual open/supported employment services assisted 3,174 (4.6%) consumers. This breakdown is comparable to that reported in 2003–04. See Table 7A for more detailed information.
On June 30 2005, there were 52,693 consumers on the books of disability employment services. Of these, 33,047 (62.7%) were in open employment services, 17,166 (32.6%) were in supported employment services, and 2,480 (4.7%) were in dual open/supported employment services. These percentages are similar to those reported on 30 June 2004 (62.4%, 32.5%, and 5.1%, respectively).
4.2.1 Gender and Service Use
Figure 4.1 provides the per cent of male and female consumers across the three employment service types for the 2004–05 financial year. This figure shows that there were no significant gender differences in the proportion of men and women using the different service types. See Table 7A for further information.
4.2.2 Age and Service Use
There were differences in disability employment service type use by age (see Table 4.3 and Figure 4.2). The use of open employment services decreased progressively with age until the 40-49 year age group. For example, of all disability employment services accessed by consumers aged 16 to 19 years, 86.5 per cent had accessed open employment services, whereas the proportion decreased to 58.2 per cent for consumers aged 40–49 years. The proportion of consumers aged between 40-49 and 60-64 years who had accessed open employment services remained fairly steady, and then decreased markedly in the 65 years and over age group. Refer to Figure 4.2 for relevant percentages.
|
‹ 16 |
16-19 |
20-24 |
25-29 |
30-39 |
40-49 |
50-59 |
60-64 |
≥ 65 |
Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open |
237
|
6,283
|
9,511
|
6,215
|
9,906
|
8,118
|
4,815
|
794
|
124
|
46,003
|
|
(94.8)
|
(86.5)
|
(77.2)
|
(70.5)
|
(61.6)
|
(58.2)
|
(60.3)
|
(58.3)
|
(36.5)
|
(67.3)
|
|
| Supported |
7
|
717
|
2,161
|
2,134
|
5,376
|
5,256
|
2,842
|
504
|
196
|
19,193
|
|
(2.8)
|
(9.9)
|
(17.5)
|
(24.2)
|
(33.4)
|
(37.7)
|
(35.6)
|
(37.0)
|
(57.6)
|
(28.1)
|
|
| Dual Open/ |
6
|
264
|
651
|
472
|
794
|
569
|
334
|
64
|
20
|
3,174
|
| Supported |
(2.4)
|
(3.6)
|
(5.3)
|
(5.4)
|
(4.9)
|
(4.1)
|
(4.2)
|
(4.7)
|
(5.9)
|
(4.6)
|
| Total |
250
|
7,264
|
12,323
|
8,821
|
16,076
|
13,943
|
7,991
|
1,362
|
340
|
68,370
|
* Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding
In contrast, older consumers tended to access supported employment services more often than did younger consumers. Of the disability employment services accessed by consumers aged 16-19 years, only 9.9 per cent were in supported employment services, whereas 57.6 per cent of services accessed by consumers aged 65 years and over were supported employment services. The same pattern of stability across the 40-49 year age group through to the 60-64 year age group noted for open employment services was evident in supported employment services. Finally, Figure 4.2 shows that very low proportions across all ages accessed dual open/supported services. These trends do not differ considerably to those reported for the 2003–04 financial year.
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4.2.3 Jurisdictions and Service Use
There were differences in the pattern of disability employment service use across jurisdictions. Table 4.4 provides the number and per cent of consumers in 2004–05 by disability employment service type (open, supported, dual open/supported) and jurisdiction.
Open Employment Services
Open employment services were the most commonly used service across all states and territories. QLD (82.0%) and ACT (73.2%) had the highest proportion of open employment service use, while SA and TAS had the lowest (49.4% and 54.7% respectively). The proportion of open employment service use remained relatively steady from 2003–04 to 2004–05.
Supported Employment Services
The proportion of consumers using supported employment services differed across jurisdictions (see Table 4.4). For example, 11.8 per cent of employment service use in ACT was with supported employment services, whereas, 47.5 per cent of SA’s employment service use was with supported employment services. Both these proportions differ substantially from the national average (28.1%).
|
Open |
Supported |
Dual Open/ Supported |
Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSW |
12,437
(61.2) |
7,147
(35.2) |
739
(3.6) |
20,323
|
| Vic |
14,137
(72.3) |
4,077
(20.9) |
1,327
(6.8) |
19,541
|
| Qld |
10,500
(82.0) |
2,082
(16.3) |
217
(1.7) |
12,799
|
| WA |
3,971
(61.7) |
1,953
(30.3) |
512
(8.0) |
6,436
|
| SA |
3,093
(49.4) |
2,969
(47.5) |
193
(3.1) |
6,255
|
| Tas |
1,000
(54.7) |
759
(41.5) |
68
(3.7) |
1,827
|
| ACT |
553
(73.2) |
89
(11.8) |
113
(15.0) |
755
|
| NT |
312
(71.9) |
117
(27.0) |
5
(1.2) |
434
|
| Total |
46,003
(67.3) |
19,193
(28.1) |
3,174
(4.6) |
68,370
|
* Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding
Dual Open/Supported Employment Services
The use of dual open/supported employment services ranged from 1.2 per cent in NT to 15.0 per cent in ACT, which is significantly different to the national average of 4.6 per cent (see Table 4.4). While these data ranges are comparable to those reported for 2003–04, TAS showed a large decline in the proportion of dual open/supported service use between 2003–04 (18.3%) and 2004–05 (3.7%).
Overall, these data show that use of disability employment services differ significantly across jurisdictions (see Table 4.4 for more detail) , and that service use in the TAS has changed significantly over the past financial year. Finally, these data show that the significant changes experienced by NT last financial year remained stable in 2004-05.
Due to the 2004 MoG changes, data on these services should be interpreted with caution (see section 1.1 for further explanation).
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4.3 Primary Disability of Consumers Across Service Type
This section provides information about disability type reported for consumers of disability employment services during the 2004–05 financial year. Data are provided for all consumers (see Figure 4.3), and in separate tables for the three employment service types (see Tables 4.5 through 4.7).
Figure 4.3 provides information on the proportion of consumers of disability employment services by primary disability. This figure shows that the most common primary disability reported for consumers was intellectual disability. The least commonly reported were speech and deaf/blind disabilities (see Figure 4.3). These patterns are the same as those reported in 2003–04.
4.3.1 Primary Disability Type for Open Employment Service Consumers
Table 4.5 provides the number and per cent of consumers of open employment services by primary disability. This table shows that intellectual and psychiatric disabilities were the two most common primary disabilities reported among the 46,003 consumers of open employment services in 2004–05. Together, they constituted more than half of the open employment service consumer population (51.3%). Consumers with a physical disability made up the second largest group, while speech and deaf/blind disabilities were the least common primary disabilities among open employment service consumers (see Table 4.5).
| Primary Disability |
Number |
Per cent |
|---|---|---|
| Intellectual |
12,325
|
26.8
|
| Psychiatric |
11,256
|
24.5
|
| Physical |
8,922
|
19.4
|
| Specific Learning/ADD |
4,746
|
10.3
|
| Hearing |
2,020
|
4.4
|
| Neurological |
1,894
|
4.1
|
| Vision |
1,748
|
3.8
|
| Acquired Brain Injury |
1,631
|
3.5
|
| Autism |
1,081
|
2.3
|
| Speech |
199
|
0.4
|
| Deaf/Blind |
181
|
0.4
|
| Total |
46,003
|
100.0
|
* Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding
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4.3.2 Primary Disability Type for Supported Employment Service Consumers
Information on primary disability for consumers of supported employment services is shown in Table 4.6. Of the 19,193 supported employment service consumers in 2004–05, 73.4 per cent had a primary intellectual disability. Psychiatric disability was the next most common primary disability (9.7%). Finally, consumers of supported employment services were least likely to have a deaf/blind or speech disability as their primary disability (see Table 4.6).
| Primary Disability |
Number |
Per cent |
|---|---|---|
| Intellectual |
14,097
|
73.4
|
| Psychiatric |
1,870
|
9.7
|
| Physical |
1,251
|
6.5
|
| Acquired Brain Injury |
523
|
2.7
|
| Neurological |
337
|
1.8
|
| Autism |
313
|
1.6
|
| Vision |
265
|
1.4
|
| Specific Learning/ADD |
240
|
1.3
|
| Hearing |
206
|
1.1
|
| Deaf/Blind |
58
|
0.3
|
| Speech |
33
|
0.2
|
| Total |
19,193
|
100.0
|
* Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding
4.3.3 Primary Disability Type for Dual Open/Supported Employment Service Consumers
Table 4.7 shows that intellectual disability was the primary disability for 38.9 per cent of the 3,174 dual open/supported employment service consumers. Further, significant numbers of open/supported service consumers had a psychiatric or physical disability as their primary disability, and very few consumers of dual open/ supported services had a deaf/blind or speech disability as their primary disability (see Table 4.7).
| Primary Disability |
Number |
Per cent |
|---|---|---|
| Intellectual |
1,236
|
38.9
|
| Psychiatric |
732
|
23.1
|
| Physical |
482
|
15.2
|
| Specific Learning/ADD |
266
|
8.4
|
| Autism |
176
|
5.5
|
| Acquired Brain Injury |
95
|
3.0
|
| Hearing |
73
|
2.3
|
| Neurological |
68
|
2.1
|
| Vision |
35
|
1.1
|
| Deaf/Blind |
8
|
0.3
|
| Speech |
3
|
0.1
|
| Total |
3,174
|
100.0
|
* Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding
4.3.4 Comparison of Primary Disability Across Service Type
Intellectual disability was the most common primary disability across all employment service types. Psychiatric and physical disabilities were the next two most common primary disabilities. However, the proportion of consumers across these three disability groups differed across service types. For example, almost three-quarters of consumers of supported services had an intellectual disability as their primary disability, whereas a much lower proportion of consumers had a psychiatric (9.7%) or physical (6.5%) disability as their primary disability.
For both open and dual open/supported employment services, the proportions of consumers with an intellectual, psychiatric or physical disability were more similar. For example, the most common primary disability among open employment service consumers was intellectual disability (26.8%), followed by psychiatric disability (24.5%) and physical disability (19.4%). Finally, comparison of the data shown in Tables 4.5, 4.6 and 4.7 indicate that the highest percentage of consumers of open employment services had a psychiatric or physical disability as their primary disability. These trends are similar to those reported in 2003–04.
Please refer to Table 8A for information on secondary disabilities across employment service type and primary disability group.
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4.4 Need for Assistance
Table 4.8 provides the number (and per cent) of consumers by areas and levels of assistance required. The table shows that the majority of consumers using disability employment services in 2004–05 did not require any assistance with self-care (59.3%) or mobility (57.8%). Assistance however, in the areas of working, learning, and interpersonal interactions, was required for a significant number of consumers. Further details are provided in Table 9A.
|
No help and no aids |
No help, but uses aids |
Sometimes needs help |
Always needs help |
Not known |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-care |
40,519
|
2,823
|
17,952
|
3,208
|
3,868
|
|
(59.3)
|
(4.1)
|
(26.3)
|
(4.7)
|
(5.7)
|
|
| Mobility |
39,510
|
3,707
|
17,267
|
4,889
|
2,997
|
|
(57.8)
|
(5.4)
|
(25.3)
|
(7.2)
|
(4.4)
|
|
| Communication |
27,453
|
2,360
|
30,079
|
5,810
|
2,668
|
|
(40.2)
|
(3.5)
|
(44.0)
|
(8.5)
|
(3.9)
|
|
| Interpersonal |
17,644
|
1,799
|
37,602
|
7,600
|
3,725
|
|
(25.8)
|
(2.6)
|
(55.0)
|
(11.1)
|
(5.4)
|
|
| Learning |
13,024
|
1,827
|
40,415
|
9,708
|
3,396
|
|
(19.0)
|
(2.7)
|
(59.1)
|
(14.2)
|
(5.0)
|
|
| Education |
15,199
|
2,020
|
33,331
|
11,851
|
5,969
|
|
(22.2)
|
(3.0)
|
(48.8)
|
(17.3)
|
(8.7)
|
|
| Community |
23,483
|
2,189
|
26,631
|
8,454
|
7,613
|
|
(34.3)
|
(3.2)
|
(39.0)
|
(12.4)
|
(11.1)
|
|
| Domestic |
27,095
|
2,521
|
23,695
|
7,310
|
7,749
|
|
(39.6)
|
(3.7)
|
(34.7)
|
(10.7)
|
(11.3)
|
|
| Working |
5,271
|
1,680
|
46,455
|
11,465
|
3,499
|
|
(7.7)
|
(2.5)
|
(67.9)
|
(16.8)
|
(5.1)
|
* Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding
+ Percentages include consumers with not known responses
Tables 4.9 and 4.10 show the number (and per cent) of consumers of open and supported employment services, respectively, by primary disability and areas of assistance required. Information is provided only for consumers who were unable to do, or required constant help/supervision in at least one assistance area. For example, the first cell in Table 4.9 shows that of all open employment service consumers with an intellectual disability, 203 (1.6%) were unable to do, or required constant help/supervision with self-care. Note, consumers who did not require assistance or who required only minimal assistance/aids are not tabulated. The interested reader can find these details in Table 10A.
Comparisons across Tables 4.9 and 4.10 show that generally, consumers of open services required assistance in different areas and to different degrees than consumers of supported employment services. In total, consumers of supported employment services were three times more likely than consumers of open employment services to be unable to perform, or required constant assistance/aids, to perform various tasks.
For most disabilities (intellectual, autism, physical, deaf/blind, vision, speech, neurological, acquired brain injury), higher percentages of supported employment service consumers required assistance across all nine areas than did open employment service consumers. However, there were some areas where the percentage difference was greater. For example, supported employment service consumers with a physical disability were at least three times more likely than their open employment service counterparts to require assistance in all nine areas. However, they were 10 times more likely than open employment service consumers to need assistance with interpersonal, learning, education, community (see Tables 4.9 and 4.10).
There were some similarities across employment service type in terms of need for assistance for the remaining three disabilities (specific learning/Attention Deficit Disorder [ADD], hearing, psychiatric). Consumers with a specific learning/ADD disability who used supported employment services tended to require constant assistance with interpersonal, learning, education, community, domestic, and working, to a greater extent than did those who accessed open employment services.
However, the proportions of consumers requiring assistance were closer across open and supported employment service consumers for the remaining assistance areas (self care, mobility, communication). Further, only a small proportion (0.6% and 1.5% respectively) of both supported and open employment service consumers with a hearing disability required full assistance/aids with self-care. Finally, mobility assistance was similarly required for consumers with a psychiatric disability regardless of the employment service type used.
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|
Intellectual |
Specific Learning/ADD |
Autism |
Physical |
Deaf/Blind |
Vision |
Hearing |
Speech |
Psychiatric |
Neurological |
ABI * |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-care |
203
|
44
|
34
|
281
|
1
|
19
|
13
|
5
|
206
|
45
|
57
|
|
(1.6)
|
(0.9)
|
(3.1)
|
(3.1)
|
(0.6)
|
(1.1)
|
(0.6)
|
(2.5)
|
(1.8)
|
(2.4)
|
(3.5)
|
|
| Mobility |
838
|
80
|
61
|
366
|
8
|
83
|
20
|
5
|
205
|
76
|
67
|
|
(6.8)
|
(1.7)
|
(5.6)
|
(4.1)
|
(4.4)
|
(4.7)
|
(1.0)
|
(2.5)
|
(1.8)
|
(4.0)
|
(4.1)
|
|
| Communication |
1,029
|
83
|
79
|
152
|
22
|
13
|
320
|
27
|
259
|
44
|
52
|
|
(8.3)
|
(1.7)
|
(7.3)
|
(1.7)
|
(12.2)
|
(0.7)
|
(15.8)
|
(13.6)
|
(2.3)
|
(2.3)
|
(3.2)
|
|
| Interpersonal |
1,320
|
143
|
163
|
143
|
4
|
20
|
72
|
10
|
494
|
55
|
103
|
|
(10.7)
|
(3.0)
|
(15.1)
|
(1.6)
|
(2.2)
|
(1.1)
|
(3.6)
|
(5.0)
|
(4.4)
|
(2.9)
|
(6.3)
|
|
| Learning |
1,955
|
285
|
132
|
228
|
7
|
46
|
81
|
9
|
375
|
94
|
205
|
|
(15.8)
|
(6.0)
|
(12.2)
|
(2.6)
|
(3.9)
|
(2.6)
|
(4.0)
|
(4.5)
|
(3.3)
|
(5.0)
|
(12.6)
|
|
| Education |
2,270
|
367
|
141
|
261
|
14
|
59
|
113
|
10
|
394
|
101
|
190
|
|
(18.4)
|
(7.7)
|
(13.0)
|
(2.9)
|
(7.7)
|
(3.4)
|
(5.6)
|
(5.0)
|
(3.5)
|
(5.3)
|
(11.6)
|
|
| Community |
1,440
|
112
|
117
|
160
|
5
|
31
|
35
|
9
|
315
|
53
|
116
|
|
(11.7)
|
(2.4)
|
(10.8)
|
(1.8)
|
(2.8)
|
(1.8)
|
(1.7)
|
(4.5)
|
(2.8)
|
(2.8)
|
(7.1)
|
|
| Domestic |
1,108
|
87
|
72
|
338
|
2
|
43
|
23
|
5
|
255
|
69
|
113
|
|
(9.0)
|
(1.8)
|
(6.7)
|
(3.8)
|
(1.1)
|
(2.5)
|
(1.1)
|
(2.5)
|
(2.3)
|
(3.6)
|
(6.9)
|
|
| Working |
1,852
|
295
|
158
|
515
|
27
|
102
|
94
|
10
|
838
|
139
|
245
|
|
(15.0)
|
(6.2)
|
(14.6)
|
(5.8)
|
(14.9)
|
(5.8)
|
(4.7)
|
(5.0)
|
(7.4)
|
(7.3)
|
(15.0)
|
* Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding
+ ABI = Acquired Brain Injury
|
Intellectual |
Specific Learning/ADD |
Autism |
Physical |
Deaf/Blind |
Vision |
Hearing |
Speech |
Psychiatric |
Neurological |
ABI * |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-care |
1,681
|
5
|
43
|
266
|
9
|
18
|
3
|
2
|
85
|
25
|
50
|
|
(11.9)
|
(2.1)
|
(13.7)
|
(21.3)
|
(15.5)
|
(6.8)
|
(1.5)
|
(6.1)
|
(4.5)
|
(7.4)
|
(9.6)
|
|
| Mobility |
2,202
|
6
|
70
|
341
|
18
|
45
|
14
|
4
|
51
|
38
|
84
|
|
(15.9)
|
(2.5)
|
(22.4)
|
(27.3)
|
(31.0)
|
(17.0)
|
(6.8)
|
(12.1)
|
(2.7)
|
(11.3)
|
(16.1)
|
|
| Communication |
2,812
|
15
|
94
|
174
|
22
|
15
|
95
|
11
|
126
|
34
|
66
|
|
(19.9)
|
(6.3)
|
(30.0)
|
(13.9)
|
(37.9)
|
(5.7)
|
(46.1)
|
(33.3)
|
(6.7)
|
(10.1)
|
(12.6)
|
|
| Interpersonal |
3,795
|
31
|
129
|
219
|
15
|
18
|
49
|
9
|
268
|
52
|
102
|
|
(26.9)
|
(12.9)
|
(41.2)
|
(17.5)
|
(25.9)
|
(6.8)
|
(23.8)
|
(27.3)
|
(14.3)
|
(15.4)
|
(19.5)
|
|
| Learning |
4,705
|
42
|
125
|
323
|
21
|
31
|
47
|
4
|
274
|
65
|
141
|
|
(33.4)
|
(17.5)
|
(39.9)
|
(25.8)
|
(36.2)
|
(11.7)
|
(22.8)
|
(12.1)
|
(14.7)
|
(19.3)
|
(27.0)
|
|
| Education |
6,085
|
52
|
152
|
363
|
24
|
40
|
72
|
9
|
290
|
81
|
169
|
|
(43.2)
|
(21.7)
|
(48.6)
|
(29.0)
|
(41.4)
|
(15.7)
|
(35.0)
|
(27.3)
|
(15.5)
|
(24.0)
|
(32.3)
|
|
| Community |
4,704
|
26
|
145
|
310
|
20
|
31
|
39
|
8
|
203
|
64
|
134
|
|
(33.4)
|
(10.8)
|
(46.3)
|
(24.8)
|
(34.5)
|
(11.7)
|
(18.9)
|
(24.2)
|
(10.9)
|
(19.0)
|
(25.6)
|
|
| Domestic |
3,880
|
18
|
125
|
387
|
16
|
35
|
24
|
8
|
200
|
69
|
126
|
|
(27.5)
|
(7.5)
|
(30.9)
|
(39.9)
|
(27.6)
|
(13.2)
|
(11.7)
|
(24.2)
|
(10.9)
|
(20.5)
|
(24.1)
|
|
| Working |
4,898
|
52
|
146
|
451
|
26
|
50
|
75
|
10
|
502
|
96
|
176
|
|
(34.7)
|
(21.7)
|
(46.6)
|
(36.1)
|
(44.8)
|
(18.9)
|
(38.4)
|
(30.3)
|
(26.8)
|
(28.5)
|
(33.7)
|
* Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding
+ ABI = Acquired Brain Injury
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4.5 Residential Setting
Table 4.11 shows that most consumers lived in a private residence. Among the remaining 11.7 per cent, the majority of consumers lived in either a domestic scale supported residence or supported accommodation. These trends are similar to those reported in 2003–04.
| Residential Setting |
Number |
Per cent |
|---|---|---|
| Private residence |
60,364
|
88.3
|
| Domestic-scale supported |
3,040
|
4.4
|
| Supported accommodation facility |
2,552
|
3.7
|
| Boarding house/private hotel |
673
|
1.0
|
| Independent unit retirement village |
81
|
0.1
|
| Residential aged care |
145
|
0.2
|
| Psych community care |
260
|
0.4
|
| Short term crisis accommodation |
208
|
0.3
|
| Other |
1,047
|
1.5
|
| Total |
68,370
|
100.0
|
* Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding
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4.6 Living Arrangement
Table 4.12 provides information on consumer’s living arrangements. Of the 68,370 consumers of employment services, living arrangements were not known for 1,712 consumers. A further 468 lived in psychiatric, mental health, or short-term crisis accommodation, and services are not required to complete additional living arrangement information for these individuals. Therefore, the percentages provided in Table 4.12 refer only to the 66,190 consumers who had their living arrangements reported. This Table indicates that the majority of consumers lived with family, and that others lived alone or in shared accommodation.
| Living Arrangement |
Number |
Per cent |
|---|---|---|
| Lives with family |
43,578
|
65.8
|
| Lives alone |
12,608
|
19.0
|
| Lives with others |
10,004
|
15.1
|
| Total |
66,190
|
100.0
|
* Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding
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4.7 Income
This section provides data on consumer’s main source of income, as well as specific information on the number of consumers in receipt of Disability Support Pension (DSP), Newstart/Youth Allowance (NSA/YA) and Mobility Allowance (MA).
4.7.1 Main Source of Income
Main source of income was known for 64,509 consumers. Figure 4.4 shows the breakdown of the four major sources of income for these consumers, and the number (and per cent) of consumers with nil income. The DSP was the main source of income for most disability employment service consumers (40,850; 63.3%), followed by paid employment, with 11,634 (18.0%) consumers receiving this as their main source of income. NSA/YA was the main source of income for 7,623 (17.8%) consumers, 3,200 (5.0%) consumers received another form of income, that included MA, compensation income, pensions/benefits other than DSP and NSA/YA, and income such as superannuation and investments.
* Caution should be taken when comparing these data with those in earlier Census reports, as the percentages reported here exclude consumers (n =3,861) who did not have a known main source of income.
4.7.2 Disability Support Pension (DSP)
Consumers of supported employment services were proportionally more likely to receive DSP than consumers of the other two employment service types. That is, of the 46,003 consumers of open disability employment services, 25,780 (56.0%) received DSP, of the 19,193 consumers of supported disability employment services, 18,621 (97.0%) received DSP, and 2,394 (75.4%) of the 3,174 consumers of dual open/supported disability employment services received DSP.
In total, 46,795 consumers received the DSP, which means that 5,945 DSP recipients did not report this payment as their main source of income. The number of DSP recipients across employment service type is provided in Table 4.13. The Table also shows the number of DSP recipients who received MA in addition to DSP, and the number of consumers not on DSP. Please note that the table does not include the 1,985 consumers whose DSP status was not known.
|
Open |
Supported |
Dual |
Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DSP |
25,780
|
18,621
|
2,394
|
46,795
|
| DSP + MA |
2,099
|
6,836
|
388
|
9,323
|
| Not on DSP |
18,587
|
302
|
701
|
19,590
|
Table 4.13 shows that of the 46,795 employment service consumers on DSP, the majority (25,780; 55.1%) used open services. Of the 25,780 open service consumers on DSP, 2,099 (8.1%) were also in receipt of MA. There were 18,587 consumers of open services not receiving DSP. With regard to supported employment services, 18,621 consumers received DSP, and only 302 did not. Of those supported service consumers in receipt of DSP, 6,836 (36.7%) also received MA. Finally, there were 2,394 consumers of dual open/supported employment services on DSP. Of these, 388 (16.2%) were also in receipt of MA (see Table 4.13). Overall, these data show that while consumers of supported employment services are much more likely to be receiving DSP than not, the same pattern is not evident for consumers of open employment services.
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4.7.3 Newstart (NSA)/Youth Allowance (YA)
Consumers of open employment services were proportionally more likely to receive NSA/YA than consumers of the other two employment service types. That is, of the 46,003 consumers of open disability employment services, 8,854 (19.2%) received NSA/YA, of the 19,193 consumers of supported disability employment services, 128 (0.7%) received NSA/YA, and 398 (12.5%) of the 3,174 consumers of dual open/ supported disability employment services received NSA/YA.
There were 9,380 employment service consumers in receipt of NSA/YA, which means that 1,757 NSA/YA recipients did not report NSA/YA as their main source of income. The number of NS/YA recipients across employment service type is provided in Table 4.14. The Table also shows the number of NSA/YA recipients who also received MA, and the number of consumers not receiving NSA/YA. Please note that this table does not include the 3,627 consumers whose NSA/YA status was unknown.
|
Open |
Supported |
Dual |
Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSA/YA |
8,854
|
128
|
398
|
9,380
|
| NSA/YA + MA |
36
|
1
|
0
|
37
|
| Not on NSA/YA |
34,904
|
17,828
|
2,631
|
55,363
|
Table 4.14 shows that of the 9,380 employment service consumers on NSA/YA, 8,854 used open services. Of these 8,854 consumers, 36 (0.4%) were also in receipt of MA. Further, there were 128 consumers of supported employment services on NSA/YA, and of these, 1 also received MA. Finally, there were 398 consumers of dual open/ supported employment services on NSA/YA, (see Table 4.14). Overall, these data show that the vast majority of employment service consumers did not receive NSA/YA.
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4.8 Employment Characteristics
Data on employment characteristics was collected for consumers who were working on the collection date, 30 June 2005. All data in this sub-section refer to ‘on the books’ consumers only.
There were 52,693 employment service consumers ‘on the books’ on 30 June 2005. Figure 4.5 provides information on the phase of employment for these consumers. Of ‘on the books’ consumers, 35,459 (67.3%) were recorded as being employed as workers, and a further 804 (1.5%) as independent workers. There were 15,205 (28.9%) ‘on the books’ consumers registered as job seekers, 211 (0.4%) undertaking work experience and 1,014 (1.9%) performing other employment activities, such as activity therapy, independent living training, and non-vocational or day care programs.
The number of employed consumers ‘on the books’ increased by 156 from 2003–04 to 2004–05. The per cent of job seekers also increased across this time (27.7% in 2003–04; 28.9% in 2004–05). The per cent of consumers undertaking work experience remained steady (0.4% in 2003-2004 and 2004–05), as did the proportion of consumers undertaking other employment activities (1.9%) and independent workers (1.5%). However the proportion of workers decreased slightly over this period (68.2% in 2003-04; 67.3% in 2004-05).
4.8.1 Basis of Employment
Of the 36,263 workers and independent workers ‘on the books’ on 30 June 2005, the majority were employed on a permanent part-time basis. Of these consumers, 15,851 (43.7%) worked less than 35 hours per week (i.e., permanent part-time). Further, 11,203 (30.9%) worked on a permanent full-time basis, and 5,662 (15.6%) worked as permanent casuals. The remaining 3,547 (9.8%) workers were employed in either seasonal or temporary positions.
Figure 4.6 shows the breakdown of basis of employment across service outlet type. The figure indicates that for all service types, the majority of consumers were employed on a permanent part–time basis. For supported services, permanent full-time employment was the next most common basis of employment, whereas, permanent casual employment was the second most common for employed consumers of both open and dual open/supported services. This finding differs from 2003-04, which showed that permanent full-time employment was the next most common basis of employment for consumers of open employment services.
Of the 18,104 employed consumers of open services, 5,708 (31.5%) were employed on a permanent part–time basis, 4,663 (25.8%) on a permanent casual basis, and 4,431 (24.5%) on a permanent full-time basis. The remaining 3,302 (18.2%) employed open service consumers worked as either temporary employees or seasonal workers.
There were 16,508 employed consumers of supported services. Of these, 9,272 (56.2%) worked on a permanent part-time basis, 6,489 (39.3%) worked permanently full-time, and 691 (4.2%) on a permanent casual basis. The remaining 56 (0.3%) employed supported service consumers worked as temporary employees or seasonal workers.
Of the 1,651 employed consumers of dual open/supported services, 871 (52.8%) worked permanently part-time, 308 (18.7%) worked on a permanent casual basis, and 283 (17.1%) worked permanently full-time. The remaining 189 (11.4%) employed dual open/supported service consumers worked as temporary employees or seasonal workers.
The proportion of open service consumers working permanently part-time on 30 June 2005 was generally comparable to that reported on 30 June 2004. However permanent casual employment is now the second most common basis of employment in open services. There was a minimal increase in permanent part-time employment over this period for supported service consumers (i.e., 2.5%), and there was a larger increase for dual open/supported service consumers (8.8% change). See Table 11A for more detailed information, and a breakdown of basis of employment across Australian jurisdictions. Finally, the proportions of consumers employed on a permanent full-time or casual basis did not differ substantially between 2003–04 and 2004–05 for supported or dual open/supported employment service types.
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4.8.2 Hours of Employment
Data on hours of employment were reported for all employed consumers. Of these 36,263 consumers, 25,061 (69.1%) worked between 16 and 40 hours per week. A further 9,673 (26.7%) consumers worked between 8 and 15 hours per week. Very few consumers worked less than eight hours (345 1.0%) or more than 40 hours per week (1,184; 3.3%). See Table 12A for more detailed information. These percentages are comparable to those reported in 2003–04.
Figure 4.7 provides information on the per cent of male and female workers/ independent workers, across hours of employment per week. This figure shows that males were more likely than females to work longer hours. For example, 45.6 per cent of males and 35.2 per cent of females worked between 31 and 40 hours. On the contrary, females were more likely than males to work: less than eight hours; between 8 and 15 hours; and between 16 and 30 hours (see Figure 4.7 for percentages). These gender differences are expected given that on average, males are more likely than females to work full-time, and females are more likely than males to work part-time.
4.8.3 Wage Type
Table 4.15 provides details about the type of wage paid to workers/independent workers as at 30 June 2005. Almost one-third of employed consumers were a respondent to an award. A sizeable proportion of employed consumers were either paid wages in accordance with a ratified enterprise/certified agreement (20.5%) or in reference to an award/agreement (13.0%). A significant minority of employed consumers received a wage not based on an award or agreement or were paid in reference to an award or SWS productivity–based wage (see Table 4.15).
| Wage Type |
Number |
Per cent |
|---|---|---|
| Respondent to an Award |
10,534
|
29.0
|
| Ratified Enterprise/Certified Agreement |
7,426
|
20.5
|
| Australian Workplace Agreement |
2,535
|
7.0
|
| Payment is made in Reference to an Award |
7,081
|
19.5
|
| SWS Productivity-Based |
3,964
|
10.9
|
| Wage not based on an Award/Agreement |
4,723
|
13.0
|
| Total |
36,263
|
100.0
|
* Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding
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4.8.4 Wage Level
The wage level for employed consumers across employment service types are provided in Figure 4.8 This Figure shows that consumers of open services tended to earn higher wages on average, than did consumers assisted by either supported or dual open/supported services. More specifically, the highest percentages of open service consumers earned $101–$150 or greater than $500, per week. Whereas, the highest percentages of supported service consumers earned between $21 and $60 per week. This trend is consistent with that reported in 2003–04. See Table 12A for more detailed information.
Wage level also differed across primary disability type, and this information is shown in Figure 4.9. The vast majority (66.0%) of employed consumers with a primary intellectual disability earned $100 or less per week, and very few (11.1%) earned more than $300 per week. This wage trend was similar for employed consumers with a primary disability of autism. On the contrary, over half of employed consumers with either a vision or a hearing primary disability earned more than $300 per week, and very few (vision 19.9%; hearing 16.4%) earned less than $100. Refer to Figure 4.9 for earning percentages of consumers with other primary disabilities.
5. Jurisdiction Specific Data
- 5.1 New South Wales
- 5.2 Victoria
- 5.3 Queensland
- 5.4 Western Australia
- 5.5 South Australia
- 5.6 Tasmania
- 5.7 Australian Capital Territory
- 5.8 Northern Territory
This section provides data for all jurisdictions, including information on service outlet and staff numbers, consumer demographics, and specific employment-related data.
5.1 New South Wales
5.1.1 Service Outlets and Staff Hours
280 (32.8%) of the 854 Australian Government funded disability service outlets were located in New South Wales (NSW). Of the service outlets in NSW:
- 86.1 per cent were employment services;
- 5.7 per cent were respite care services;
- 1.1 per cent were print disability services;
- 6.8 per cent were advocacy services; and
- 0.4 per cent were information services.
Across NSW employment services, staff worked a total of 71,016 hours, which equates to 30.4 per cent of national employment service staff hours.
5.1.2 Consumer Information
Service Type and Consumer Demographic Information
In NSW, there were 20,323 consumers of employment services in 2004-05. This represented 29.7 per cent of all consumers assisted in Australia during the period. Of NSW consumers:
- 61.2 per cent used an open employment service;
- 35.2 per cent used a supported employment service;
- 3.6 per cent used a dual open/supported employment service;
- 92.7 per cent were born in Australia or other English speaking country; and
- 3.0 per cent were identified as being Indigenous.
Primary Disability
Of the 20,323 employment service consumers in NSW:
- 50.4 per cent had an intellectual disability;
- 18.3 per cent had a psychiatric disability;
- 10.5 per cent had a physical disability;
- 6.0 per cent had a sensory/speech disability;
- 9.2 per cent had a specific learning/ADD disability or autism; and
- 5.5 per cent had an acquired brain injury or neurological disability.
Main Source of Income
The breakdown across main source of income for the 20,323 NSW employment service consumers was:
- 59.1 per cent received the DSP;
- 18.5 per cent received paid employment wages; and
- 10.2 per cent received Newstart/Youth Allowance.
5.1.3 Employment Specific Information
- 72.4 per cent (11,626) of the 16,069 consumers 'on the books' in NSW on 30 June 2005 were classified as employed (i.e., workers or independent workers) compared with the national average of 68.8 per cent.
- The most common wage range for employed consumers was $61-$80 per week, with 15.2 per cent of workers earning this, compared with the most common national average range of $41-$60 with 12.4 per cent.
- 22.7 per cent of consumers worked between 8 and 15 hours per week, 27.0 per cent worked 16 to 30 hours per week, and 46.5 per cent worked 31 to 40 hours per week.
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5.2 Victoria
5.2.1 Service Outlets and Staff Hours
195 (22.8%) of the 854 Australian Government funded disability service outlets were located in Victoria (VIC). Of the service outlets located in VIC:
- 83.1 per cent were employment services;
- 4.1 per cent were respite care services;
- 1.5 per cent were print disability services; and
- 11.3 per cent were advocacy services.
Across VIC employment services, staff worked a total of 62,596 hours, which equates to 26.8 per cent of national employment service staff hours.
5.2.2 Consumer Information
Service Type and Consumer Demographic Information
In VIC, there were 19,541 consumers of employment services in 2004-05. This represented 28.6 per cent of all consumers assisted in Australia during the period.
Of VIC consumers:
- 72.3 per cent used an open employment service;
- 20.9 per cent used a supported employment service;
- 6.8 per cent used a dual open/supported employment service;
- 86.5 per cent were born in Australia or other English speaking country; and
- 0.8 per cent were identified as being Indigenous.
Primary Disability
Of the 19,541 employment service consumers in VIC:
- 28.0 per cent had an intellectual disability;
- 28.4 per cent had a psychiatric disability;
- 21.6 per cent had a physical disability;
- 7.1 per cent had a sensory/speech disability;
- 8.5 per cent had a specific learning/ADD disability or autism; and
- 6.3 per cent had an acquired brain injury or neurological disability.
Main Source of Income
With regard to main source of income for the 19,541 VIC employment service consumers:
- 55.2 per cent received the DSP;
- 15.5 per cent received paid employment wages; and
- 15.9 per cent received Newstart/Youth Allowance.
5.2.3 Employment Specific Information
- 63.3 per cent (8,908) of the 14,065 consumers 'on the books' in VIC on 30 June 2005 were classified as employed (i.e., workers or independent workers) compared with the national average of 68.8 per cent.
- The most common wage range for employed consumers was $101-$150 per week, with 13.3 per cent of workers earning this, compared with the most common national average range of $41-$60 with 12.4 per cent.
- 29.7 per cent of consumers worked between 8 and 15 hours per week, 26.5 per cent worked 16 to 30 hours per week, and 38.5 per cent worked 31 to 40 hours per week.
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5.3 Queensland
5.3.1 Service Outlets and Staff Hours
140 (16.4%) of the 854 Australian Government funded disability service outlets were located in Queensland (QLD). Of QLD service outlets:
- 84.3 per cent were employment services;
- 9.3 per cent were respite care services;
- 0.7 per cent were print disability services; and
- 5.7 per cent were advocacy services.
Across QLD employment services, staff worked a total of 30,095 hours, which equates to 12.9 per cent of national employment service staff hours.
5.3.2 Consumer Information
In QLD, there were 12,799 consumers of employment services in 2004-05. This represented 18.7 per cent of all consumers assisted in Australia during the period. Of QLD consumers:
- 82.0 per cent used an open employment service;
- 16.3 per cent used a supported employment service;
- 1.7 per cent used a dual open/supported employment service;
- 94.7 per cent were born in Australia or other English speaking country; and
- 3.1 per cent were identified as being Indigenous.
Primary Disability
Of the 12,799 employment service consumers in QLD:
- 36.4 per cent had an intellectual disability;
- 18.4 per cent had a psychiatric disability;
- 17.5 per cent had a physical disability;
- 8.2 per cent had a sensory/speech disability;
- 12.0 per cent had a specific learning/ADD disability or autism; and
- 7.5 per cent had an acquired brain injury or neurological disability.
Main Source of Income
With regard to main source of income for the 12,799 QLD employment service consumers:
- 57.7 per cent received the DSP;
- 16.9 per cent received paid employment wages; and
- 11.0 per cent received Newstart/Youth Allowance.
5.3.3 Employment Specific Information
- 63.5 per cent (6,220) of the 9,788 consumers 'on the books' in QLD on 30 June 2005 were classified as employed (i.e., workers or independent workers) compared with the national average of 68.8 per cent.
- The most common wage range for employed consumers was $21-$40 per week, with 11.7 per cent of workers earning this, compared with the most common national average range of $41-$60 with 12.4 per cent.
- 29.2 per cent of consumers worked between 8 and 15 hours per week, 27.1 per cent worked 16 to 30 hours per week, and 39.0 per cent worked 31 to 40 hours per week.
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5.4 Western Australia
5.4.1 Service Outlets and Staff Hours
75 (8.8%) of the 854 Australian Government funded disability service outlets were located in Western Australia (WA). Of these service outlets:
- 74.7 per cent were employment services;
- 12.0 per cent were respite care services;
- 2.7 per cent were print disability services; and
- 10.7 per cent were advocacy services.
Across WA employment services, staff worked a total of 29,830 hours, which equates to 12.8 per cent of national employment service staff hours.
5.4.2 Consumer Information
In WA, there were 6,436 consumers of employment services in 2004-05. This represented 9.4 per cent of all consumers assisted in Australia during the period. Of these consumers:
- 61.7 per cent used an open employment service;
- 30.3 per cent used a supported employment service;
- 8.0 per cent used a dual open/supported employment service;
- 90.2 per cent were born in Australia or other English speaking country; and
- 2.8 per cent were identified as being Indigenous.
Primary Disability
Of the 6,436 employment service consumers in WA:
- 44.4 per cent had an intellectual disability;
- 13.1 per cent had a psychiatric disability;
- 14.5 per cent had a physical disability;
- 7.1 per cent had a sensory/speech disability;
- 12.2 per cent had a specific learning/ADD disability or autism; and
- 8.7 per cent had an acquired brain injury or neurological disability.
Main Source of Income
With regard to main source of income for the 6,436 WA employment service consumers:
- 70.0 per cent received the DSP;
- 17.8 per cent received paid employment wages; and
- 5.5 per cent received Newstart/Youth Allowance.
5.4.3 Employment Specific Information
- 77.5 per cent (4,030) of the 5,203 consumers 'on the books' in WA on 30 June 2005 were classified as employed (i.e., workers or independent workers) compared with the national average of 68.8 per cent.
- The most common wage range for employed consumers was $21-$40 per week, with 15.0 per cent of workers earning this, compared with the most common national average range of $41-$60 with 12.4 per cent.
- 28.1 per cent of consumers worked between 8 and 15 hours per week, 30.8 per cent worked 16 to 30 hours per week, and 36.3 per cent worked 31 to 40 hours per week.
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5.5 South Australia
5.5.1 Service Outlets and Staff Hours
90 (10.5%) of the 854 Australian Government funded disability service outlets were located in South Australia (SA). Of these service outlets:
- 87.8 per cent were employment services;
- 3.3 per cent were respite care services;
- 1.1 per cent were print disability services; and
- 7.8 per cent were advocacy services.
Across SA employment services, staff worked a total of 26,910 hours, which equates to 11.5 per cent of national employment service staff hours.
5.5.2 Consumer Information
In SA, there were 6,255 consumers of employment services in 2004-05. This represented 9.1 per cent of all consumers assisted in Australia during the period. Of these consumers:
- 49.4 per cent used an open employment service;
- 47.5 per cent used a supported employment service;
- 3.1 per cent used a dual open/supported employment service;
- 96.5 per cent were born in Australia or other English speaking country; and
- 1.5 per cent were identified as being Indigenous.
Primary Disability
Of the 6,255 employment service consumers in SA:
- 51.0 per cent had an intellectual disability;
- 13.5 per cent had a psychiatric disability;
- 11.2 per cent had a physical disability;
- 8.7 per cent had a sensory/speech disability;
- 8.7 per cent had a specific learning/ADD disability or autism; and
- 6.9 per cent had an acquired brain injury or neurological disability.
Main Source of Income
With regard to main source of income for the 6,255 SA employment service consumers:
- 68.6 per cent received the DSP;
- 16.9 per cent received paid employment wages; and
- 6.7 per cent received Newstart/Youth Allowance.
5.5.3 Employment Specific Information
- 75.0 per cent (3,838) of the 5,118 consumers 'on the books' in SA on 30 June 2005 were classified as employed (i.e., workers or independent workers) compared with the national average of 68.8 per cent.
- The most common wage range for employed consumers was $21-$40 per week, with 19.7 per cent of workers earning this, compared with the most common national average range of $41-$60 with 12.4 per cent.
- 22.1 per cent of consumers worked between 8 and 15 hours per week, 26.0 per cent worked 16 to 30 hours per week, and 49.8 per cent worked 31 to 40 hours per week.
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5.6 Tasmania
5.6.1 Service Outlets and Staff Hours
42 (4.9%) per cent of the 854 Australian Government funded disability service outlets were located in Tasmania (TAS). Of these service outlets:
- 83.3 per cent were employment services;
- 7.1 per cent were respite care services;
- 2.4 per cent were print disability services; and
- 7.1 per cent were advocacy services.
Across TAS employment services, staff worked a total of 9,199 hours, which equates to 3.9 per cent of national employment service staff hours.
5.6.2 Consumer Information
In TAS, there were 1,827 consumers of employment services in 2004-05. This represented 2.7 per cent of all consumers assisted in Australia during the period. Of these consumers:
- 54.7 per cent used an open employment service;
- 41.5 per cent used a supported employment service;
- 3.7 per cent used a dual open/supported employment service;
- 97.5 per cent were born in Australia or other English speaking country; and
- 4.9 per cent were identified as being Indigenous.
Primary Disability
Of the 1,827 employment service consumers in TAS:
- 42.1 per cent had an intellectual disability;
- 14.3 per cent had a psychiatric disability;
- 15.5 per cent had a physical disability;
- 4.3 per cent had a sensory/speech disability;
- 16.0 per cent had a specific learning/ADD disability or autism; and
- 7.8 per cent had an acquired brain injury or neurological disability.
Main Source of Income
With regard to main source of income for the 1,827 TAS employment service consumers:
- 65.4 per cent received the DSP;
- 9.1 per cent received paid employment wages; and
- 11.3 per cent received Newstart/Youth Allowance.
5.6.3 Employment Specific Information
- 64.0 per cent (951) of the 1,487 consumers 'on the books' in TAS on 30 June 2005 were classified as employed (i.e., workers or independent workers) compared with the national average of 68.8 per cent.
- The most common wage range for employed consumers was $41-$60 per week, with 18.0 per cent of workers earning this, compared with the most common national average range of $41-$60 with 12.4 per cent.
- 30.5 per cent of consumers worked between 8 and 15 hours per week, 24.4 per cent worked 16 to 30 hours per week, and 41.9 per cent worked 31 to 40 hours per week.
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5.7 Australian Capital Territory
5.7.1 Service Outlets and Staff Hours
16 (1.9%) of the 854 Australian Government funded disability service outlets were located in Australian Capital Territory (ACT). Of these service outlets:
- 62.5 per cent were employment services;
- 6.3 per cent were respite care services;
- 6.3 per cent were print disability services;
- 18.8 per cent were advocacy services; and
- 6.3 per cent were information services.
Across ACT employment services, staff worked a total of 2,167 hours, which equates to 0.9 per cent of national employment service staff hours.
5.7.2 Consumer Information
In ACT, there were 755 consumers of employment services in 2004-05. This represented 1.1 per cent of all consumers assisted in Australia during the period. Of these consumers:
- 73.2 per cent used an open employment service;
- 11.8 per cent used a supported employment service;
- 15.0 per cent used a dual open/supported employment service;
- 94.4 per cent were born in Australia or other English speaking country; and
- 1.7 per cent were identified as being Indigenous.
Primary Disability
Of the 755 employment service consumers in ACT:
- 38.7 per cent had an intellectual disability;
- 27.4 per cent had a psychiatric disability;
- 10.1 per cent had a physical disability;
- 8.2 per cent had a sensory/speech disability;
- 9.0 per cent had a specific learning/ADD disability or autism; and
- 6.6 per cent had an acquired brain injury or neurological disability.
Main Source of Income
With regard to main source of income for the 755 ACT employment service consumers:
- 59.5 per cent received the DSP;
- 26.8 per cent received paid employment wages; and
- 4.8 per cent received Newstart/Youth Allowance.
5.7.3 Employment Specific Information
- 68.7 per cent (431) of the 627 consumers 'on the books' in ACT on 30 June 2005 were classified as employed (i.e., workers or independent workers) compared with the national average of 68.8 per cent.
- The most common wage ranges for employed consumers were $21-$40 and $101-$150 per week, with 12.1 per cent of workers earning this, respectively, compared with the most common national average range of $41-$60 with 12.4 per cent.
- 43.4 per cent of consumers worked between 8 and 15 hours per week, 32.3 per cent worked 16 to 30 hours per week, and 20.0 per cent worked 31 to 40 hours per week.
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5.8 Northern Territory
5.8.1 Service Outlets and Staff Hours
16 (1.9%) of the 854 Australian Government funded disability service outlets were located in Northern Territory (NT). Of these service outlets:
- 62.5 per cent were employment services;
- 25.0 per cent were respite care services; and
- 12.5 per cent were advocacy services.
Across NT employment services, staff worked a total of 1,864 hours, which equates to 0.8 per cent of national employment service staff hours.
5.8.2 Consumer Information
In NT, there were 434 consumers of employment services in 2004-05. This represented 0.6 per cent of all consumers assisted in Australia during the period. Of these consumers:
- 71.9 per cent used an open employment service;
- 27.0 per cent used a supported employment service;
- 1.2 per cent used a dual open/supported employment service;
- 92.6 per cent were born in Australia or other English speaking country; and
- 20.5 per cent were identified as being Indigenous.
Primary Disability
Of the 434 employment service consumers in NT:
- 39.9 per cent had an intellectual disability;
- 18.2 per cent had a psychiatric disability;
- 10.8 per cent had a physical disability;
- 6.2 per cent had a sensory/speech disability;
- 13.8 per cent had a specific learning/ADD disability or autism; and
- 11.1 per cent had an acquired brain injury or neurological disability.
Main Source of Income
With regard to main source of income for the 434 NT employment service consumers:
- 53.0 per cent received the DSP;
- 27.2 per cent received paid employment wages; and
- 3.9 per cent received Newstart/Youth Allowance.
5.8.3 Employment Specific Information
- 77.1 per cent (259) of the 336 consumers 'on the books' in NT on 30 June 2005 were classified as employed (i.e., workers or independent workers) compared with the national average of 68.8 per cent.
- The most common wage range for employed consumers was $101-$150 per week, with 12.4 per cent of workers earning this, compared with the most common national average range of $41-$60 with 12.4 per cent.
- 43.6 per cent of consumers worked between 8 and 15 hours per week, 24.3 per cent worked 16 to 30 hours per week, and 30.9 per cent worked 31 to 40 hours per week.
6. References
Australian Bureau of Statistics [ABS] (2005). Australian economic indicators. Canberra, ACT: ABS.
Australian Government Department of Family and Community Services (FaCS) (2005a). Australian Government disability services census 2003. Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth of Australia.
Australian Government Department of Family and Community Services (FaCS) (2005b). Australian Government disability services census 2004. Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth of Australia.
Australian Government Department of Family and Community Services (FaCS) (2004). Australian Government disability services census 2002. Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth of Australia.
Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services (FaCS) (2003). Commonwealth disability services census 2001. Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth of Australia.
Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services (FaCS) (2002). Disability services census 2000. Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth of Australia.
Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services (FaCS) (2000). Disability services census 1999. Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth of Australia.
Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services 1998 (FaCS) (1999). Disability services census 1998. Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth of Australia.
Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services (FaCS) (1998). Disability services census 1997. Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth of Australia.
Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS) (1997). Disability services census report 1995. Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth of Australia.
Commonwealth Department of Human Services and Health (DHSH) (1994). Service consumer profile report 1993. Canberra, ACT: Commonwealth of Australia.
Department of Health, Housing and Community Services (DHHCS) (1991). 1991 Census of disability services. North Sydney, NSW: AGB Research Australia.
7. Appendices
- Table 1A Disability Service Type by Jurisdiction and Type of Staff Hours
- Table 2A Employment Service Outlet Type by Jurisdiction and Type of Staff Hours
- Table 3A All Consumers: Indigenous Origin by Jurisdiction and Employment Service Outlet Type
- Table 4A All Consumers: Country of Birth by Jurisdiction and Employment Service Outlet Type
- Table 5A All Consumers: Main Language Spoken at Home by Jurisdiction
- Table 6A All Consumers: Need for Interpreter by Jurisdiction and Employment Service Outlet Type
- Table 7A All Consumers: Employment Service Outlet Type Across Gender and Jurisdiction
- Table 8A All Consumers: Secondary Disability by Primary Disability Across Employment Service Outlet Type
- Table 9A All Consumers: Need for Support/Assistance by Primary Disability and Area of Need
- Table 10A All Consumers: Need for Support/Assistance by Employment Service Outlet Type and Area of Need
- Table 11A Employed Consumers: Basis of Employment by Employment Service Outlet Type and Jurisdiction
- Table 12A Employed Consumers: Weekly Wage by Weekly Hours Across Employment Setting
- Table 13A Employed Consumers: Weekly Wage by Employment Service Outlet Type Across Census Years (2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001)
|
Advocacy |
Information |
Print Disability |
Respite |
Employment |
Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct Hours | ||||||
| NSW |
2,053
|
45
|
1,277
|
1,171
|
48,315
|
52,861
|
| Vic |
2,246
|
-
|
7,896
|
1,355
|
48,613
|
60,110
|
| Qld |
698
|
-
|
142
|
3,645
|
20,868
|
25,353
|
| WA |
988
|
-
|
27
|
600
|
19,275
|
20,890
|
| SA |
980
|
-
|
190
|
1,992
|
19,972
|
23,134
|
| Tas |
114
|
-
|
0
|
8,125
|
5,551
|
13,790
|
| ACT |
135
|
70
|
21
|
31
|
1,705
|
1,962
|
| NT |
137
|
-
|
-
|
297
|
1,312
|
1,746
|
| Total |
7,351
|
115
|
9,553
|
17,216
|
165,611
|
199,846
|
| Indirect Hours | ||||||
| NSW |
720
|
5
|
117
|
1,443
|
22,701
|
24,986
|
| Vic |
871
|
-
|
216
|
351
|
13,983
|
15,421
|
| Qld |
451
|
-
|
7
|
1,782
|
9,227
|
11,467
|
| WA |
441
|
-
|
446
|
350
|
10,555
|
11,792
|
| SA |
350
|
-
|
15
|
817
|
6,938
|
8,120
|
| Tas |
225
|
-
|
220
|
462
|
3,648
|
4,555
|
| ACT |
17
|
50
|
12
|
14
|
462
|
555
|
| NT |
35
|
-
|
-
|
167
|
552
|
754
|
| Total |
3,110
|
55
|
1,033
|
5,386
|
68,066
|
77,650
|
| Total Hours | ||||||
| NSW |
2,773
|
50
|
1,394
|
2,614
|
71,016
|
77,847
|
| Vic |
3,117
|
-
|
8,112
|
1,706
|
62,596
|
75,531
|
| Qld |
1,149
|
-
|
149
|
5,427
|
30,095
|
36,820
|
| WA |
1,429
|
-
|
473
|
950
|
29,830
|
32,682
|
| SA |
1,330
|
-
|
205
|
2,809
|
26,910
|
31,254
|
| Tas |
339
|
-
|
220
|
8,587
|
9,199
|
18,345
|
| ACT |
152
|
120
|
33
|
45
|
2,167
|
2,517
|
| NT |
172
|
-
|
-
|
464
|
1,864
|
2,500
|
| Total |
10,461
|
170
|
10,586
|
22,602
|
233,677
|
277,496
|
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Table 2A
|
Open |
Supported |
Dual Open/Supported |
Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct Hours | ||||
| NSW |
12,600
|
33,237
|
2,478
|
48,315
|
| Vic |
11,013
|
35,672
|
1,928
|
48,613
|
| Qld |
11,178
|
9,412
|
278
|
20,868
|
| WA |
6,309
|
10,952
|
2,014
|
19,275
|
| SA |
4,469
|
15,136
|
367
|
19,972
|
| Tas |
1,123
|
4,059
|
369
|
5,551
|
| ACT |
594
|
501
|
610
|
1,705
|
| NT |
109
|
826
|
377
|
1,312
|
| Total |
47,395
|
109,795
|
8,421
|
165,611
|
| Indirect Hours | ||||
| NSW |
6,785
|
15,255
|
661
|
22,701
|
| Vic |
4,982
|
7,927
|
1,074
|
13,983
|
| Qld |
5,802
|
3,370
|
55
|
9,227
|
| WA |
3,201
|
6,919
|
435
|
10,555
|
| SA |
1,891
|
4,899
|
148
|
6,938
|
| Tas |
684
|
2,817
|
147
|
3,648
|
| ACT |
381
|
26
|
55
|
462
|
| NT |
77
|
399
|
76
|
552
|
| Total |
23,803
|
41,612
|
2,651
|
68,066
|
| Total Hours | ||||
| NSW |
19,385
|
48,492
|
3,139
|
71,016
|
| Vic |
15,995
|
43,599
|
3,002
|
62,596
|
| Qld |
16,980
|
12,782
|
333
|
30,095
|
| WA |
9,510
|
17,871
|
2,449
|
29,830
|
| SA |
6,360
|
20,035
|
515
|
26,910
|
| Tas |
1,807
|
6,876
|
516
|
9,199
|
| ACT |
975
|
527
|
665
|
2,167
|
| NT |
186
|
1,225
|
453
|
1,864
|
| Total |
71,198
|
151,407
|
11,072
|
233,677
|
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Table 3A
|
Aboriginal Origin |
Torres Strait Islander Origin |
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Origin |
Not Indigenous |
Not Stated |
Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | ||||||
| NSW |
290
|
19
|
135
|
11,353
|
640
|
12,437
|
| Vic |
98
|
8
|
17
|
12,734
|
1,280
|
14,137
|
| Qld |
282
|
44
|
17
|
9,683
|
474
|
10,500
|
| WA |
118
|
1
|
9
|
3,749
|
94
|
3,971
|
| SA |
57
|
3
|
2
|
2,967
|
64
|
3,093
|
| Tas |
45
|
3
|
7
|
909
|
36
|
1,000
|
| ACT |
7
|
1
|
3
|
522
|
20
|
553
|
| NT |
44
|
–
|
1
|
265
|
2
|
312
|
| Total |
941
|
79
|
191
|
42,182
|
2,610
|
46,003
|
| Supported | ||||||
| NSW |
129
|
5
|
22
|
6,796
|
195
|
7,147
|
| Vic |
17
|
1
|
1
|
4,032
|
26
|
4,077
|
| Qld |
43
|
6
|
7
|
2,021
|
5
|
2,082
|
| WA |
40
|
–
|
–
|
1,888
|
25
|
1,953
|
| SA |
31
|
–
|
–
|
2,927
|
11
|
2,969
|
| Tas |
29
|
–
|
1
|
692
|
37
|
759
|
| ACT |
–
|
–
|
–
|
89
|
–
|
89
|
| NT |
39
|
–
|
–
|
74
|
4
|
117
|
| Total |
328
|
12
|
31
|
18,519
|
303
|
19,193
|
| Dual Open/Supported | ||||||
| NSW |
5
|
3
|
–
|
705
|
26
|
739
|
| Vic |
6
|
–
|
1
|
1,126
|
194
|
1,327
|
| Qld |
4
|
–
|
–
|
213
|
–
|
217
|
| WA |
9
|
–
|
–
|
501
|
2
|
512
|
| SA |
2
|
1
|
–
|
184
|
6
|
193
|
| Tas |
5
|
–
|
–
|
34
|
29
|
68
|
| ACT |
2
|
–
|
–
|
111
|
–
|
113
|
| NT |
5
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
5
|
| Total |
38
|
4
|
1
|
2,874
|
257
|
3,174
|
| Total | ||||||
| NSW |
424
|
27
|
157
|
18,854
|
861
|
20,323
|
| Vic |
121
|
9
|
19
|
17,892
|
1,500
|
19,541
|
| Qld |
329
|
50
|
24
|
11,917
|
479
|
12,799
|
| WA |
167
|
1
|
9
|
6,138
|
121
|
6,436
|
| SA |
90
|
4
|
2
|
6,078
|
81
|
6,255
|
| Tas |
79
|
3
|
8
|
1,635
|
102
|
1,827
|
| ACT |
9
|
1
|
3
|
722
|
20
|
755
|
| NT |
88
|
–
|
1
|
339
|
6
|
434
|
| Total |
1,307
|
95
|
223
|
63,575
|
3,170
|
68,370
|
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Table 4A
|
Australia |
Non-English Speaking |
Other English Speaking |
Not Known |
Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | |||||
| NSW |
11,176
|
833
|
287
|
141
|
12,437
|
| Vic |
11,379
|
1,897
|
529
|
332
|
14,137
|
| Qld |
9,399
|
513
|
484
|
104
|
10,500
|
| WA |
3,340
|
291
|
194
|
146
|
3,971
|
| SA |
2,883
|
103
|
101
|
6
|
3,093
|
| Tas |
950
|
24
|
18
|
8
|
1,000
|
| ACT |
484
|
34
|
31
|
4
|
553
|
| NT |
270
|
15
|
16
|
11
|
312
|
| Total |
39,881
|
3,710
|
1,660
|
752
|
46,003
|
| Supported | |||||
| NSW |
6,555
|
148
|
341
|
103
|
7,147
|
| Vic |
3,764
|
50
|
125
|
138
|
4,077
|
| Qld |
1,960
|
69
|
49
|
4
|
2,082
|
| WA |
1,746
|
57
|
97
|
53
|
1,953
|
| SA |
2,771
|
98
|
86
|
14
|
2,969
|
| Tas |
737
|
11
|
5
|
6
|
759
|
| ACT |
89
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
89
|
| NT |
110
|
1
|
6
|
–
|
117
|
| Total |
17,732
|
434
|
709
|
318
|
19,193
|
| Dual Open/Supported | |||||
| NSW |
646
|
71
|
12
|
10
|
739
|
| Vic |
1,137
|
94
|
15
|
81
|
1,327
|
| Qld |
202
|
7
|
6
|
2
|
217
|
| WA |
436
|
39
|
23
|
14
|
512
|
| SA |
173
|
8
|
12
|
–
|
193
|
| Tas |
65
|
2
|
–
|
1
|
68
|
| ACT |
107
|
4
|
2
|
–
|
113
|
| NT |
5
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
5
|
| Total |
2,771
|
225
|
70
|
108
|
3,174
|
| Total | |||||
| NSW |
18,377
|
1,233
|
459
|
254
|
20,323
|
| Vic |
16,280
|
2,160
|
614
|
487
|
19,541
|
| Qld |
11,561
|
567
|
562
|
109
|
12,799
|
| WA |
5,522
|
416
|
285
|
213
|
6,436
|
| SA |
5,827
|
197
|
211
|
20
|
6,255
|
| Tas |
1,752
|
31
|
29
|
15
|
1,827
|
| ACT |
680
|
38
|
33
|
4
|
755
|
| NT |
385
|
21
|
17
|
11
|
434
|
| Total |
60,384
|
4,663
|
2,210
|
1,113
|
68,370
|
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Table 5A
|
English |
Italian |
Greek |
Vietnamese |
Chinese |
Arabic/Lebanese |
German |
Spanish |
Other Language |
Not Known |
Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSW |
19,009
|
106
|
82
|
83
|
85
|
205
|
5
|
45
|
580
|
123
|
20,323
|
| Vic |
18,272
|
113
|
80
|
152
|
61
|
66
|
7
|
38
|
567
|
185
|
19,541
|
| Qld |
12,113
|
22
|
2
|
15
|
11
|
1
|
4
|
19
|
580
|
32
|
12,799
|
| WA |
6,136
|
36
|
4
|
12
|
23
|
4
|
1
|
9
|
187
|
24
|
6,436
|
| SA |
6,048
|
47
|
26
|
6
|
7
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
102
|
9
|
6,255
|
| Tas |
1,734
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
87
|
1
|
1,827
|
| ACT |
722
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
18
|
4
|
755
|
| NT |
378
|
-
|
5
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
41
|
7
|
434
|
| Total |
64,412
|
328
|
202
|
275
|
188
|
281
|
21
|
116
|
2,162
|
385
|
68,370
|
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Table 6A
|
For Spoken Language Other than English |
For Non-Spoken Communication |
No Interpreter |
Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | ||||
| NSW |
103
|
132
|
12,202
|
12,437
|
| Vic |
151
|
229
|
13,757
|
14,137
|
| Qld |
97
|
319
|
10,084
|
10,500
|
| WA |
13
|
154
|
3,804
|
3,971
|
| SA |
14
|
35
|
3,044
|
3,093
|
| Tas |
2
|
11
|
987
|
1,000
|
| ACT |
4
|
18
|
531
|
553
|
| NT |
51
|
6
|
255
|
312
|
| Total |
435
|
904
|
44,664
|
46,003
|
| Supported | ||||
| NSW |
69
|
148
|
6,930
|
7,147
|
| Vic |
21
|
92
|
3,964
|
4,077
|
| Qld |
12
|
86
|
1,984
|
2,082
|
| WA |
9
|
83
|
1,861
|
1,953
|
| SA |
29
|
113
|
2,827
|
2,969
|
| Tas |
–
|
11
|
748
|
759
|
| ACT |
2
|
–
|
87
|
89
|
| NT |
10
|
6
|
101
|
117
|
| Total |
152
|
539
|
18,502
|
19,193
|
| Dual Open/Supported | ||||
| NSW |
11
|
28
|
700
|
739
|
| Vic |
7
|
10
|
1,310
|
1,327
|
| Qld |
–
|
4
|
213
|
217
|
| WA |
3
|
5
|
504
|
512
|
| SA |
–
|
–
|
193
|
193
|
| Tas |
–
|
–
|
68
|
68
|
| ACT |
1
|
16
|
96
|
113
|
| NT |
2
|
–
|
3
|
5
|
| Total |
24
|
63
|
3,087
|
3,174
|
| Total | ||||
| NSW |
183
|
308
|
19,832
|
20,323
|
| Vic |
179
|
331
|
19,031
|
19,541
|
| Qld |
109
|
409
|
12,281
|
12,799
|
| WA |
25
|
242
|
6,169
|
6,436
|
| SA |
43
|
148
|
6,064
|
6,255
|
| Tas |
2
|
22
|
1,803
|
1,827
|
| ACT |
7
|
34
|
714
|
755
|
| NT |
63
|
12
|
359
|
434
|
| Total |
611
|
1,506
|
66,253
|
68,370
|
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Table 7A
|
Open |
Supported |
Dual Open/Supported |
Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | ||||
| NSW |
7,947
|
4,595
|
498
|
13,040
|
| Vic |
8,894
|
2,581
|
912
|
12,387
|
| Qld |
6,833
|
1,330
|
136
|
8,299
|
| WA |
2,530
|
1,202
|
322
|
4,054
|
| SA |
1,986
|
1,946
|
129
|
4,061
|
| Tas |
677
|
510
|
38
|
1,225
|
| ACT |
326
|
46
|
71
|
443
|
| NT |
189
|
67
|
3
|
259
|
| Total |
29,382
|
12,277
|
2,109
|
43,768
|
| Female | ||||
| NSW |
4,490
|
2,552
|
241
|
7,283
|
| Vic |
5,243
|
1,496
|
415
|
7,154
|
| Qld |
3,667
|
752
|
81
|
4,500
|
| WA |
1,441
|
751
|
190
|
2,382
|
| SA |
1,107
|
1,023
|
64
|
2,194
|
| Tas |
323
|
249
|
30
|
602
|
| ACT |
227
|
43
|
42
|
312
|
| NT |
123
|
50
|
2
|
175
|
| Total |
16,621
|
6,916
|
1,065
|
24,602
|
| Total | ||||
| NSW |
12,437
|
7,147
|
739
|
20,323
|
| Vic |
14,137
|
4,077
|
1,327
|
19,541
|
| Qld |
10,500
|
2,082
|
217
|
12,799
|
| WA |
3,971
|
1,953
|
512
|
6,436
|
| SA |
3,093
|
2,969
|
193
|
6,255
|
| Tas |
1,000
|
759
|
68
|
1,827
|
| ACT |
553
|
89
|
113
|
755
|
| NT |
312
|
117
|
5
|
434
|
| Total |
46,003
|
19,193
|
3,174
|
68,370
|
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Table 8A
| Primary Disability |
Intellectual |
Specific Learning/ADD |
Autism |
Physical |
Deaf/Blind |
Vision |
Hearing |
Speech |
Psychiatric |
Neurological |
Acquired Brain Injury |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Employment | ||||||||||||
| Intellectual |
0
|
517
|
68
|
783
|
12
|
189
|
248
|
319
|
406
|
403
|
42
|
2,987
|
| Specific Learning/ADD |
149
|
0
|
27
|
296
|
1
|
56
|
64
|
57
|
224
|
115
|
3
|
992
|
| Autism |
86
|
108
|
0
|
38
|
0
|
12
|
10
|
21
|
74
|
27
|
2
|
378
|
| Physical |
293
|
270
|
6
|
0
|
16
|
164
|
178
|
110
|
698
|
245
|
68
|
2,048
|
| Deaf/Blind |
8
|
4
|
1
|
9
|
0
|
56
|
0
|
7
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
97
|
| Vision |
32
|
35
|
4
|
105
|
0
|
0
|
43
|
6
|
43
|
25
|
17
|
310
|
| Hearing |
88
|
46
|
2
|
153
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
62
|
45
|
25
|
10
|
431
|
| Speech |
26
|
21
|
0
|
17
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
0
|
2
|
5
|
1
|
80
|
| Psychiatric |
222
|
222
|
9
|
886
|
8
|
48
|
74
|
16
|
0
|
109
|
41
|
1,635
|
| Neurological |
127
|
133
|
9
|
253
|
3
|
45
|
31
|
23
|
109
|
0
|
29
|
762
|
| Acquired Brain Injury |
67
|
84
|
3
|
310
|
7
|
74
|
46
|
44
|
110
|
117
|
0
|
862
|
| Total |
1,098
|
1,440
|
129
|
2,850
|
48
|
647
|
698
|
665
|
1,717
|
1,074
|
216
|
10,582
|
| Supported Employment | ||||||||||||
|
Intellectual
|
0
|
769
|
249
|
1,417
|
54
|
690
|
565
|
1,380
|
733
|
714
|
70
|
6,641
|
|
Specific Learning/ADD
|
23
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
0
|
3
|
7
|
2
|
18
|
6
|
0
|
70
|
|
Autism
|
98
|
23
|
0
|
10
|
3
|
8
|
7
|
37
|
21
|
10
|
3
|
220
|
|
Physical
|
385
|
66
|
2
|
0
|
7
|
84
|
87
|
135
|
54
|
61
|
19
|
900
|
|
Deaf/Blind
|
20
|
4
|
|
6
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
9
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
54
|
|
Vision
|
57
|
4
|
4
|
32
|
0
|
0
|
16
|
9
|
8
|
13
|
5
|
148
|
|
Hearing
|
47
|
16
|
0
|
22
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
41
|
17
|
3
|
2
|
148
|
|
Speech
|
9
|
2
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
–
|
21
|
|
Psychiatric
|
222
|
24
|
9
|
94
|
1
|
16
|
15
|
19
|
0
|
32
|
12
|
444
|
|
Neurological
|
95
|
10
|
0
|
65
|
2
|
22
|
10
|
15
|
16
|
0
|
10
|
245
|
|
Acquired Brain Injury
|
69
|
19
|
3
|
152
|
2
|
43
|
16
|
49
|
39
|
57
|
0
|
449
|
|
Total
|
1,025
|
937
|
267
|
1,814
|
69
|
875
|
724
|
1,696
|
910
|
901
|
122
|
9,340
|
| Dual Open/Supported | ||||||||||||
| Intellectual |
0
|
57
|
18
|
108
|
4
|
28
|
41
|
66
|
55
|
36
|
2
|
415
|
| Specific Learning/ADD |
3
|
0
|
1
|
16
|
1
|
2
|
5
|
5
|
11
|
5
|
2
|
51
|
| Autism |
33
|
9
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
7
|
8
|
4
|
1
|
67
|
| Physical |
28
|
17
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
5
|
8
|
33
|
11
|
2
|
110
|
| Deaf/Blind |
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
7
|
| Vision |
3
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
12
|
| Hearing |
6
|
4
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
0
|
24
|
| Speech |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
| Psychiatric |
33
|
8
|
3
|
53
|
1
|
0
|
7
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
3
|
114
|
| Neurological |
9
|
5
|
0
|
9
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
6
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
34
|
| Acquired Brain Injury |
13
|
1
|
0
|
21
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
5
|
7
|
5
|
0
|
59
|
| Total |
130
|
103
|
24
|
223
|
8
|
42
|
60
|
102
|
122
|
69
|
11
|
894
|
| Total | ||||||||||||
| Intellectual |
0
|
1,343
|
335
|
2,308
|
70
|
907
|
854
|
1,765
|
1,194
|
1,153
|
114
|
10,043
|
| Specific Learning/ADD |
175
|
0
|
28
|
323
|
2
|
61
|
76
|
64
|
253
|
126
|
5
|
1,113
|
| Autism |
217
|
140
|
0
|
52
|
3
|
21
|
17
|
65
|
103
|
41
|
6
|
665
|
| Physical |
706
|
353
|
7
|
0
|
23
|
253
|
270
|
253
|
785
|
317
|
89
|
3,056
|
| Deaf/Blind |
30
|
9
|
2
|
16
|
0
|
65
|
0
|
16
|
10
|
5
|
5
|
158
|
| Vision |
92
|
40
|
8
|
142
|
0
|
0
|
59
|
17
|
51
|
39
|
22
|
470
|
| Hearing |
141
|
66
|
2
|
181
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
105
|
66
|
30
|
12
|
603
|
| Speech |
35
|
23
|
0
|
22
|
1
|
4
|
5
|
0
|
3
|
8
|
1
|
102
|
| Psychiatric |
477
|
254
|
21
|
1,033
|
10
|
64
|
96
|
36
|
0
|
146
|
56
|
2,193
|
| Neurological |
231
|
148
|
12
|
327
|
6
|
67
|
42
|
44
|
128
|
0
|
39
|
1,044
|
| Acquired Brain Injury |
149
|
104
|
5
|
483
|
10
|
122
|
63
|
98
|
156
|
179
|
0
|
1,369
|
| Total |
2,253
|
2,480
|
420
|
4,887
|
125
|
1,564
|
1,482
|
2,463
|
2,749
|
2,044
|
349
|
10,043
|
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Table 9A
| Primary Disability |
Self Care |
Mobility |
Communication |
Interpersonal |
Learning |
Education |
Community |
Domestic |
Working |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Does Not Need Help/Supervision and Does Not Use Aids | |||||||||
| Intellectual |
12,958
|
14,092
|
7,669
|
3,894
|
1,233
|
1,663
|
5,174
|
6,671
|
1,033
|
| Specific Learning/ADD |
4,063
|
3,794
|
2,291
|
1,553
|
436
|
622
|
2,197
|
2,901
|
423
|
| Autism |
855
|
863
|
356
|
131
|
127
|
208
|
358
|
504
|
67
|
| Physical |
6,966
|
5,443
|
6,754
|
5,600
|
4,881
|
5,141
|
6,069
|
5,615
|
1,649
|
| Deaf/Blind |
147
|
109
|
58
|
73
|
48
|
56
|
82
|
98
|
8
|
| Vision |
1,214
|
581
|
1,217
|
1,148
|
723
|
667
|
955
|
793
|
165
|
| Hearing |
1,761
|
1,742
|
210
|
716
|
581
|
559
|
1,001
|
1,360
|
217
|
| Speech |
150
|
146
|
30
|
49
|
40
|
49
|
78
|
109
|
24
|
| Psychiatric |
9,547
|
10,191
|
6,779
|
3,105
|
4,184
|
5,169
|
5,750
|
7,035
|
1,301
|
| Neurological |
1,481
|
1,308
|
1,140
|
797
|
537
|
680
|
1,012
|
1,081
|
244
|
| Acquired Brain Injury |
1,377
|
1,241
|
949
|
578
|
234
|
385
|
807
|
928
|
140
|
| Total |
40,519
|
39,510
|
27,453
|
17,644
|
13,024
|
15,199
|
23,483
|
27,095
|
5,271
|
| Does Not Need Help/Supervision but Uses Aids | |||||||||
| Intellectual |
880
|
1,090
|
735
|
568
|
421
|
422
|
546
|
659
|
327
|
| Specific Learning/ADD |
182
|
201
|
162
|
128
|
110
|
124
|
165
|
180
|
122
|
| Autism |
57
|
65
|
30
|
21
|
24
|
36
|
44
|
44
|
22
|
| Physical |
676
|
963
|
376
|
377
|
410
|
455
|
491
|
559
|
359
|
| Deaf/Blind |
17
|
21
|
18
|
10
|
13
|
18
|
19
|
18
|
13
|
| Vision |
204
|
497
|
245
|
107
|
217
|
238
|
209
|
239
|
383
|
| Hearing |
141
|
119
|
287
|
186
|
184
|
202
|
173
|
181
|
150
|
| Speech |
9
|
12
|
9
|
13
|
8
|
7
|
10
|
9
|
6
|
| Psychiatric |
440
|
441
|
364
|
274
|
306
|
365
|
380
|
424
|
201
|
| Neurological |
112
|
139
|
71
|
53
|
70
|
77
|
71
|
112
|
52
|
| Acquired Brain Injury |
105
|
159
|
63
|
62
|
64
|
76
|
81
|
96
|
45
|
| Total |
2,823
|
3,707
|
2,360
|
1,799
|
1,827
|
2,020
|
2,189
|
2,521
|
1,680
|
| Sometimes Needs Help/Supervision | |||||||||
| Intellectual |
10,606
|
8,315
|
14,391
|
16,676
|
18,099
|
14,781
|
12,840
|
12,361
|
18,168
|
| Specific Learning/ADD |
670
|
935
|
2,485
|
3,089
|
4,124
|
3,718
|
2,107
|
1,445
|
4,067
|
| Autism |
467
|
395
|
892
|
979
|
1,026
|
858
|
694
|
608
|
1,012
|
| Physical |
1,871
|
3,054
|
2,742
|
3,711
|
4,209
|
3,554
|
2,609
|
2,735
|
7,041
|
| Deaf/Blind |
57
|
73
|
111
|
127
|
142
|
114
|
88
|
79
|
149
|
| Vision |
308
|
744
|
468
|
578
|
860
|
684
|
417
|
485
|
1,216
|
| Hearing |
175
|
212
|
1,212
|
1,046
|
1,203
|
1,091
|
683
|
381
|
1,568
|
| Speech |
41
|
43
|
137
|
131
|
153
|
131
|
80
|
64
|
161
|
| Psychiatric |
2,727
|
2,287
|
5,721
|
8,824
|
7,727
|
6,046
|
5,404
|
4,073
|
9,930
|
| Neurological |
488
|
607
|
888
|
1,180
|
1,384
|
1,151
|
829
|
705
|
1,613
|
| Acquired Brain Injury |
542
|
602
|
1,032
|
1,261
|
1,488
|
1,203
|
880
|
759
|
1,530
|
| Total |
17,952
|
17,267
|
30,079
|
37,602
|
40,415
|
33,331
|
26,631
|
23,695
|
46,455
|
| Unable to Do/Always Needs Help/Supervision | |||||||||
| Intellectual |
1,950
|
3,143
|
3,988
|
5,349
|
6,987
|
8,744
|
6,381
|
5,178
|
7,111
|
| Specific Learning/ADD |
50
|
89
|
106
|
182
|
354
|
451
|
143
|
106
|
363
|
| Autism |
92
|
170
|
227
|
367
|
322
|
357
|
327
|
255
|
388
|
| Physical |
559
|
733
|
335
|
376
|
577
|
656
|
487
|
746
|
1,016
|
| Deaf/Blind |
11
|
30
|
47
|
21
|
31
|
39
|
28
|
20
|
58
|
| Vision |
38
|
136
|
28
|
38
|
80
|
104
|
65
|
81
|
157
|
| Hearing |
16
|
34
|
426
|
126
|
132
|
191
|
76
|
48
|
175
|
| Speech |
7
|
9
|
38
|
19
|
13
|
19
|
17
|
13
|
20
|
| Psychiatric |
300
|
264
|
407
|
796
|
685
|
722
|
544
|
470
|
1,484
|
| Neurological |
74
|
123
|
82
|
113
|
169
|
191
|
124
|
145
|
254
|
| Acquired Brain Injury |
111
|
158
|
126
|
213
|
358
|
377
|
262
|
248
|
439
|
| Total |
3,208
|
4,889
|
5,810
|
7,600
|
9,708
|
11,851
|
8,454
|
7,310
|
11,465
|
| Not Known | |||||||||
| Intellectual |
1,264
|
1,018
|
875
|
1,171
|
918
|
2,048
|
2,717
|
2,789
|
1,019
|
| Specific Learning/ADD |
287
|
233
|
208
|
300
|
228
|
337
|
640
|
620
|
277
|
| Autism |
99
|
77
|
65
|
72
|
71
|
111
|
147
|
159
|
81
|
| Physical |
583
|
462
|
448
|
591
|
578
|
849
|
999
|
1,000
|
590
|
| Deaf/Blind |
15
|
14
|
13
|
16
|
13
|
20
|
30
|
32
|
19
|
| Vision |
284
|
90
|
90
|
177
|
168
|
355
|
402
|
450
|
127
|
| Hearing |
206
|
192
|
164
|
225
|
199
|
256
|
366
|
329
|
189
|
| Speech |
28
|
25
|
21
|
23
|
21
|
29
|
50
|
40
|
24
|
| Psychiatric |
844
|
675
|
587
|
859
|
956
|
1,556
|
1,780
|
1,856
|
942
|
| Neurological |
144
|
122
|
118
|
156
|
139
|
200
|
263
|
256
|
136
|
| Acquired Brain Injury |
114
|
89
|
79
|
135
|
105
|
208
|
219
|
218
|
95
|
| Total |
3,868
|
2,997
|
2,668
|
3,725
|
3,396
|
5,969
|
7,613
|
7,749
|
3,499
|
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Table 10A
| Employment Outlet Type |
Self Care |
Mobility |
Communication |
Interpersonal |
Learning |
Education |
Community |
Domestic |
Working |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Does Not Need Help/Supervision and Does Not Use Aids | |||||||||
| Open |
31,097
|
29,009
|
20,762
|
14,740
|
11,537
|
13,347
|
19,798
|
22,870
|
4,661
|
| Supported |
7,481
|
8,559
|
5,425
|
2,161
|
999
|
1,290
|
2,682
|
2,937
|
446
|
| Dual Open/Supported |
1,941
|
1,942
|
1,266
|
743
|
488
|
562
|
1,003
|
1,288
|
164
|
| Total |
40,519
|
39,510
|
27,453
|
17,644
|
13,024
|
15,199
|
23,483
|
27,095
|
5,271
|
| Does Not Need Help/Supervision but Uses Aids | |||||||||
| Open |
1,948
|
2,610
|
1,738
|
1,336
|
1,460
|
1,643
|
1,746
|
2,016
|
1,477
|
| Supported |
765
|
977
|
569
|
423
|
321
|
334
|
394
|
434
|
184
|
| Dual Open/Supported |
110
|
120
|
53
|
40
|
46
|
43
|
49
|
71
|
19
|
| Total |
2,823
|
3,707
|
2,360
|
1,799
|
1,827
|
2,020
|
2,189
|
2,521
|
1,680
|
| Sometimes Needs Help/Supervision | |||||||||
| Open |
8,734
|
9,917
|
18,985
|
24,093
|
26,519
|
22,664
|
16,112
|
13,235
|
32,432
|
| Supported |
8,393
|
6,569
|
9,612
|
11,669
|
11,961
|
8,927
|
9,130
|
9,375
|
11,933
|
| Dual Open/Supported |
825
|
781
|
1,482
|
1,840
|
1,935
|
1,740
|
1,389
|
1,085
|
2,090
|
| Total |
17,952
|
17,267
|
30,079
|
37,602
|
40,415
|
33,331
|
26,631
|
23,695
|
46,455
|
| Unable to Do/Always Needs Help/Supervision | |||||||||
| Open |
908
|
1,809
|
2,080
|
2,527
|
3,417
|
3,920
|
2,393
|
2,115
|
4,275
|
| Supported |
2,187
|
2,873
|
3,464
|
4,687
|
5,778
|
7,337
|
5,684
|
4,888
|
6,482
|
| Dual Open/Supported |
113
|
207
|
266
|
386
|
513
|
594
|
377
|
307
|
708
|
| Total |
3,208
|
4,889
|
5,810
|
7,600
|
9,708
|
11,851
|
8,454
|
7,310
|
11,465
|
| Not Known | |||||||||
| Open |
3,316
|
2,658
|
2,438
|
3,307
|
3,070
|
4,429
|
5,954
|
5,767
|
3,158
|
| Supported |
367
|
215
|
123
|
253
|
134
|
1,305
|
1,303
|
1,559
|
148
|
| Dual Open/Supported |
185
|
124
|
107
|
165
|
192
|
235
|
356
|
423
|
193
|
| Total |
3,868
|
2,997
|
2,668
|
3,725
|
3,396
|
5,969
|
7,613
|
7,749
|
3,499
|
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Table 11A
|
NSW |
Vic |
Qld |
WA |
SA |
Tas |
ACT |
NT |
Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | |||||||||
| Full time-permanent |
1,437
|
1,145
|
932
|
455
|
298
|
67
|
59
|
38
|
4,431
|
| Part time-permanent |
1,595
|
1,768
|
1,018
|
746
|
370
|
85
|
65
|
61
|
5,708
|
| Casual-permanent |
1,158
|
915
|
1,630
|
430
|
338
|
87
|
68
|
37
|
4,663
|
| Seasonal-permanent |
10
|
10
|
32
|
11
|
10
|
1
|
–
|
1
|
75
|
| Full time-temporary |
92
|
181
|
93
|
50
|
35
|
5
|
12
|
2
|
470
|
| Part time-temporary |
130
|
229
|
101
|
44
|
75
|
20
|
7
|
10
|
616
|
| Casual-temporary |
500
|
521
|
525
|
206
|
217
|
72
|
39
|
5
|
2,085
|
| Seasonal-temporary |
14
|
13
|
11
|
8
|
3
|
5
|
2
|
–
|
56
|
| Total |
4,936
|
4,782
|
4,342
|
1,950
|
1,346
|
342
|
252
|
154
|
18,104
|
| Supported | |||||||||
| Full time-permanent |
2,519
|
1,220
|
854
|
430
|
1,209
|
230
|
–
|
27
|
6,489
|
| Part time-permanent |
3,513
|
2,151
|
794
|
1,287
|
1,070
|
304
|
88
|
65
|
9,272
|
| Casual-permanent |
207
|
218
|
111
|
5
|
130
|
10
|
–
|
10
|
691
|
| Seasonal-permanent |
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
2
|
2
|
| Full time-temporary |
–
|
2
|
1
|
–
|
–
|
2
|
–
|
–
|
5
|
| Part time-temporary |
1
|
–
|
5
|
2
|
–
|
2
|
–
|
–
|
10
|
| Casual-temporary |
3
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
3
|
30
|
-
|
-
|
39
|
| Seasonal-temporary |
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
| Total |
6,243
|
3,592
|
1,767
|
1,724
|
2,412
|
578
|
88
|
104
|
16,508
|
| Dual Open/Supported | |||||||||
| Full time-permanent |
123
|
121
|
20
|
12
|
4
|
–
|
3
|
–
|
283
|
| Part time-permanent |
229
|
226
|
76
|
175
|
55
|
30
|
79
|
1
|
871
|
| Casual-permanent |
63
|
50
|
4
|
163
|
19
|
1
|
8
|
–
|
308
|
| Seasonal-permanent |
1
|
–
|
–
|
1
|
–
|
–
|
1
|
–
|
3
|
| Full time-temporary |
1
|
19
|
3
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
23
|
| Part time-temporary |
4
|
19
|
3
|
1
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
27
|
| Casual-temporary |
26
|
98
|
5
|
4
|
2
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
135
|
| Seasonal-temporary |
–
|
1
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
1
|
| Total |
447
|
534
|
111
|
356
|
80
|
31
|
91
|
1
|
1,651
|
| Total | |||||||||
| Full time-permanent |
4,079
|
2,486
|
1,806
|
897
|
1,511
|
297
|
62
|
65
|
11,203
|
| Part time-permanent |
5,337
|
4,145
|
1,888
|
2,208
|
1,495
|
419
|
232
|
127
|
15,851
|
| Casual-permanent |
1,428
|
1,183
|
1,745
|
598
|
487
|
98
|
76
|
47
|
5,662
|
| Seasonal-permanent |
11
|
10
|
32
|
12
|
10
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
80
|
| Full time-temporary |
93
|
202
|
97
|
50
|
35
|
7
|
12
|
2
|
498
|
| Part time-temporary |
135
|
248
|
109
|
47
|
75
|
22
|
7
|
10
|
653
|
| Casual-temporary |
529
|
620
|
532
|
210
|
222
|
102
|
39
|
5
|
2,259
|
| Seasonal-temporary |
14
|
14
|
11
|
8
|
3
|
5
|
2
|
–
|
57
|
| Total |
11,626
|
8,908
|
6,220
|
4,030
|
3,838
|
951
|
431
|
259
|
36,263
|
[ Return to Top Return to Section ]
Table 12A
|
< 8 |
8-15 |
16-30 |
31-40 |
> 40 |
Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supported Employment Setting | ||||||
| No Wage |
1
|
23
|
14
|
2
|
-
|
40
|
| $1-$20 |
60
|
977
|
595
|
378
|
-
|
2,010
|
| $21-$40 |
18
|
985
|
1,508
|
1,648
|
2
|
4,161
|
| $41-$60 |
13
|
494
|
1,250
|
2,255
|
3
|
4,015
|
| $61-$80 |
7
|
287
|
619
|
2,176
|
5
|
3,094
|
| $81-$100 |
1
|
146
|
320
|
960
|
-
|
1,427
|
| $101-$150 |
3
|
213
|
305
|
1,124
|
1
|
1,646
|
| $151-$200 |
2
|
73
|
109
|
365
|
1
|
550
|
| $201-$250 |
1
|
27
|
60
|
134
|
-
|
222
|
| $251-$300 |
-
|
13
|
53
|
86
|
-
|
152
|
| $301-$350 |
-
|
5
|
16
|
53
|
-
|
74
|
| $351-$400 |
-
|
-
|
16
|
35
|
-
|
51
|
| $401-$450 |
-
|
1
|
15
|
17
|
-
|
33
|
| $451-$500 |
-
|
1
|
8
|
55
|
2
|
66
|
| > $500 |
-
|
-
|
6
|
54
|
9
|
69
|
| Total |
106
|
3,245
|
4,894
|
9,342
|
23
|
17,610
|
| Open Labour Market | ||||||
| No Wage |
13
|
167
|
130
|
142
|
35
|
487
|
| $1-$20 |
13
|
94
|
63
|
45
|
14
|
229
|
| $21-$40 |
42
|
43
|
11
|
7
|
4
|
107
|
| $41-$60 |
57
|
347
|
26
|
5
|
2
|
437
|
| $61-$80 |
39
|
755
|
78
|
13
|
-
|
885
|
| $81-$100 |
26
|
670
|
78
|
11
|
-
|
785
|
| $101-$150 |
26
|
2,012
|
358
|
50
|
6
|
2,452
|
| $151-$200 |
6
|
1,093
|
535
|
112
|
17
|
1,763
|
| $201-$250 |
3
|
585
|
756
|
369
|
46
|
1,759
|
| $251-$300 |
-
|
220
|
912
|
358
|
58
|
1,548
|
| $301-$350 |
3
|
73
|
733
|
389
|
47
|
1,245
|
| $351-$400 |
1
|
43
|
515
|
478
|
68
|
1,105
|
| $401-$450 |
-
|
19
|
297
|
863
|
134
|
1,313
|
| $451-$500 |
-
|
25
|
147
|
847
|
101
|
1,120
|
| > $500 |
1
|
33
|
204
|
2,036
|
601
|
2,875
|
| Total |
230
|
6,179
|
4,843
|
5,725
|
1,133
|
18,110
|
| Other | ||||||
| No Wage |
1
|
13
|
2
|
6
|
1
|
23
|
| $1-$20 |
-
|
25
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
27
|
| $21-$40 |
3
|
78
|
9
|
4
|
-
|
94
|
| $41-$60 |
2
|
18
|
6
|
5
|
-
|
31
|
| $61-$80 |
1
|
18
|
6
|
6
|
-
|
31
|
| $81-$100 |
1
|
19
|
17
|
7
|
-
|
44
|
| $101-$150 |
-
|
39
|
18
|
7
|
-
|
64
|
| $151-$200 |
1
|
14
|
18
|
9
|
-
|
42
|
| $201-$250 |
-
|
11
|
10
|
19
|
6
|
46
|
| $251-$300 |
-
|
5
|
6
|
13
|
3
|
27
|
| $301-$350 |
-
|
3
|
7
|
14
|
1
|
25
|
| $351-$400 |
-
|
2
|
8
|
15
|
3
|
28
|
| $401-$450 |
-
|
-
|
2
|
6
|
2
|
10
|
| $451-$500 |
-
|
3
|
6
|
11
|
3
|
23
|
| > $500 |
-
|
1
|
5
|
13
|
9
|
28
|
| Total |
9
|
249
|
122
|
135
|
28
|
543
|
| Total | ||||||
| No Wage |
15
|
203
|
146
|
150
|
36
|
550
|
| $1-$20 |
73
|
1,096
|
660
|
423
|
14
|
2,266
|
| $21-$40 |
63
|
1,106
|
1,528
|
1,659
|
6
|
4,362
|
| $41-$60 |
72
|
859
|
1,282
|
2,265
|
5
|
4,483
|
| $61-$80 |
47
|
1,060
|
703
|
2,195
|
5
|
4,010
|
| $81-$100 |
28
|
835
|
415
|
978
|
-
|
2,256
|
| $101-$150 |
29
|
2,264
|
681
|
1,181
|
7
|
4,162
|
| $151-$200 |
9
|
1,180
|
662
|
486
|
18
|
2,355
|
| $201-$250 |
4
|
623
|
826
|
522
|
52
|
2,027
|
| $251-$300 |
-
|
238
|
971
|
457
|
61
|
1,727
|
| $301-$350 |
3
|
81
|
756
|
456
|
48
|
1,344
|
| $351-$400 |
1
|
45
|
539
|
528
|
71
|
1,184
|
| $401-$450 |
-
|
20
|
314
|
886
|
136
|
1,356
|
| $451-$500 |
-
|
29
|
161
|
913
|
106
|
1,209
|
| > $500 |
1
|
34
|
215
|
2,103
|
619
|
2,972
|
| Total |
345
|
9,673
|
9,859
|
15,202
|
1,184
|
36,263
|
[ Return to Top Return to Section ]
Table 13A
| Wage |
Open |
Supported |
Dual Open/Supported |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | ||||
| No Wage |
511
|
21
|
18
|
550
|
| $1-$20 |
220
|
1,932
|
114
|
2,266
|
| $21-$40 |
123
|
4,055
|
184
|
4,362
|
| $41-$60 |
446
|
3,828
|
209
|
4,483
|
| $61-$80 |
824
|
2,966
|
220
|
4,010
|
| $81-$100 |
798
|
1,342
|
116
|
2,256
|
| $101-$150 |
2,444
|
1,422
|
296
|
4,162
|
| $151-$200 |
1,774
|
467
|
114
|
2,355
|
| $201-$250 |
1,772
|
183
|
72
|
2,027
|
| $251-$300 |
1,541
|
121
|
65
|
1,727
|
| $301-$350 |
1,245
|
58
|
41
|
1,344
|
| $351-$400 |
1,099
|
41
|
44
|
1,184
|
| $401-$450 |
1,300
|
15
|
41
|
1,356
|
| $451-$500 |
1,142
|
18
|
49
|
1,209
|
| > $500 |
2,865
|
39
|
68
|
2,972
|
| Total |
18,104
|
16,508
|
1,651
|
36,263
|
| 2004 | ||||
| No Wage |
422
|
14
|
49
|
485
|
| $1-$20 |
164
|
2,103
|
83
|
2,350
|
| $21-$40 |
147
|
4,444
|
200
|
4,791
|
| $41-$60 |
677
|
4,331
|
199
|
5,207
|
| $61-$80 |
680
|
2,693
|
141
|
3,514
|
| $81-$100 |
846
|
1,229
|
114
|
2,189
|
| $101-$150 |
2,552
|
1,222
|
196
|
3,970
|
| $150-$200 |
1,785
|
353
|
97
|
2,235
|
| $201-$250 |
1,922
|
120
|
113
|
2,155
|
| $251-$300 |
1,572
|
83
|
87
|
1,742
|
| $301-$350 |
1,238
|
42
|
61
|
1,341
|
| $351-$400 |
1,162
|
28
|
101
|
1,291
|
| $401-$450 |
1,599
|
12
|
85
|
1,696
|
| $451-$500 |
1,091
|
14
|
50
|
1,155
|
| > $500 |
2,521
|
29
|
144
|
2,694
|
| Total |
18,378
|
16,717
|
1,720
|
36,815
|
| 2003 | ||||
| No Wage |
335
|
79
|
17
|
431
|
| $1-$20 |
187
|
2,216
|
147
|
2,550
|
| $21-$40 |
214
|
4,253
|
168
|
4,635
|
| $41-$60 |
746
|
4,526
|
218
|
5,490
|
| $61-$80 |
637
|
2,587
|
130
|
3,354
|
| $81-$100 |
958
|
1,092
|
117
|
2,167
|
| $101-$150 |
2,505
|
1,058
|
186
|
3,749
|
| $151-$200 |
1,793
|
272
|
145
|
2,210
|
| $201-$250 |
1,927
|
116
|
125
|
2,168
|
| $251-$300 |
1,608
|
68
|
94
|
1,770
|
| $301-$350 |
1,144
|
35
|
73
|
1,252
|
| $351-$400 |
1,181
|
16
|
62
|
1,259
|
| $401-$450 |
1,716
|
13
|
50
|
1,779
|
| $451-$500 |
937
|
17
|
52
|
1,006
|
| > $500 |
2,033
|
16
|
113
|
2,162
|
| Total |
17,921
|
16,364
|
1,697
|
35,982
|
| 2002 | ||||
| No Wage |
147
|
116
|
23
|
286
|
| $1-$20 |
121
|
2,137
|
451
|
2,709
|
| $21-$40 |
229
|
3,831
|
611
|
4,671
|
| $41-$60 |
814
|
4,420
|
310
|
5,544
|
| $61-$80 |
590
|
2,404
|
159
|
3,153
|
| $81-$100 |
995
|
981
|
108
|
2,084
|
| $101-$150 |
2,344
|
882
|
289
|
3,515
|
| $151-$200 |
1,755
|
229
|
190
|
2,174
|
| $201-$250 |
1,780
|
99
|
132
|
2,011
|
| $251-$300 |
1,432
|
57
|
93
|
1,582
|
| $301-$350 |
1,051
|
34
|
78
|
1,163
|
| $351-$400 |
1,213
|
27
|
90
|
1,330
|
| > $400 |
4,133
|
39
|
204
|
4,376
|
| Total |
16,604
|
15,256
|
2,738
|
34,598
|
| 2001 | ||||
| No Wage |
24
|
130
|
10
|
164
|
| $1-$20 |
89
|
2,215
|
460
|
2,764
|
| $21-$40 |
204
|
3,663
|
638
|
4,505
|
| $41-$60 |
704
|
4,657
|
288
|
5,649
|
| $61-$80 |
594
|
2,033
|
183
|
2,810
|
| $81-$100 |
955
|
866
|
143
|
1,964
|
| $101-$150 |
2,116
|
864
|
321
|
3,301
|
| $151-$200 |
1,853
|
233
|
220
|
2,306
|
| $201-$250 |
1,751
|
88
|
168
|
2,007
|
| $251-$300 |
1,358
|
51
|
130
|
1,539
|
| $301-$350 |
1,065
|
25
|
108
|
1,198
|
| $351-$400 |
1,245
|
16
|
83
|
1,344
|
| > $400 |
3,488
|
31
|
227
|
3,746
|
| Total |
15,446
|
14,872
|
2,979
|
33,297
|
8. Glossary of Terms
A
- Aboriginal origin
- a person who self-identifies, or is identified as, being of Aboriginal heritage.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin
- a person who self-identifies, or is identified as, being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage.
- ABS
- Australian Bureau of Statistics.
- Accepted and commenced
- consumers who, between 1 July 2004 and 30 June 2005, were referred to a service and who were accepted, and commenced receiving assistance from that service during that time.
- Acquired brain injury (ABI)
- damage to the brain acquired after birth.
- ADD
- Attention Deficit Disorder; a behaviour disorder usually diagnosed in childhood. The disorder is also commonly called ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder).
- Advocacy services
- services specialising in the representation of people with a disability, their views and interests.
- All people assisted
- the number of consumers who received active employment assistance support during the 2004-05 financial year.
- Alzheimer's Disease
- a type of dementia classified as a neurological disability.
- Apprenticeship
- a form of paid employment where an individual works for another for a specific amount of time in return for instruction in a trade, art, or business.
- ARIA
- Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia. It is a measure of remoteness calculated from road distance between service outlets and populated localities within Australia.
- Auslan
- Australian sign language.
- Autism
- a pervasive developmental disorder characterised by restricted, repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behaviour, and impairment in communication skills and social interactions.
- Average standard hours
- the standard number of hours worked by a consumer. If standard hours vary, this is an estimate of the average.
- Awards/agreements
- a written document between an employer and employee about the terms and conditions of employment. Examples of such documents are a Certified Agreement, an Australian Workplace Agreement, and an SWS Productivity Based Wage.
- Award wage
- the minimum legal rate of pay set in the relevant award for a particular occupation.
B
- Basis of employment
- the basis on which a consumer is employed (e.g., full-time, part-time, casual).
- Benefits
- monetary payments provided by the Government to a consumer (e.g., Disability Support Pension, Newstart/Youth Allowance).
- Block Grant Funding
- monies paid to an organisation for the purposes of provision of employment assistance to eligible job seekers and workers.
- Brain injury/damage
- injury to the brain which may have been caused by one or more of the following conditions; head trauma, inadequate oxygen supply, or infection.
- Business service
- another term used to refer to supported employment services.
C
- Carer
- someone who provides care and assistance on a regular and sustained basis to a consumer. Workers or volunteers of formal services should not be classified as carers.
- Carer number
- total number of carers assisted by FaCS-funded respite services during the 2004-05 financial year.
- Carer relationship
- the relationship of the carer and the care receiver.
- Case Based Funding (CBF)
- a funding model which links individual needs to employment outcomes. Financial payments are made to an employment service in accordance with the amount of money deemed necessary to assist a particular individual. CBF includes funding provided through Phase One or Two of the CBF Trial or 2002-03 Growth Funding.
- Casual employment
- paid employment often characterised by irregular hours and higher hourly rates of pay compared to part- and full-time employment. Casual employment can be either temporary or permanent, and employees are not usually entitled to holiday or sick leave.
- Certified agreement
- a specifically negotiated workplace agreement.
- Cessation reason
- the reason a consumer reportedly left a service.
- Communication
- making oneself understood by others, and understanding others.
- Community (civic) and economic life
- participating in community life, recreation, human rights and economic life, such as handling money.
- Community support
- a form of service provided to people with a disability that includes advocacy, information, and print disability.
- Consumers 'on the books'
- the total number of consumers on 30 June 2005 registered as receiving support from a disability employment service.
- Consumer referrals
- consumers referred to a service during 2004-05 by Centrelink or another source.
- CSTDA
- Commonwealth State Territory Disability Agreement.
D
- Days of operation
- the days of the week that a service usually operates. If days of operation during the collection week (27 June-1 July 2005) are not typical for the service, typical hours should be recorded as well.
- Deaf/Blind
- having sensory impairment to both hearing and sight.
- Direct support staff
- staff that have direct contact with consumers in a support role.
- Disability support pension (DSP)
- a form of income support paid by the Australian Government to persons with a specified degree of disability.
- Does not need assistance, uses aids
- the consumer does not need help or supervision to perform the task, but uses aids and/or equipment.
- Does not need assistance, does not use aids
- the consumer does not need help or supervision to perform the task, and does not use aids and/or equipment.
- Domestic life
- home and living skills such as shopping, housekeeping, cooking and home maintenance.
- Domestic-scale supported living
- a community living setting where staff or volunteers provide domestic support to people with a disability (e.g., congregate care, community residential units, and group homes). These services may or may not provide 24 hour supervision and care.
- Duration of employment
- the length of time an employment service consumer has been employed during the financial year. This is recorded as the number of months and weeks.
E
- Effective communication
- the ability to express more than basic needs to unfamiliar people (e.g., the exchange of thoughts, messages, or information) via speech, signals, writing, and/or behaviour.
- Eligible job seekers
- consumers who have not worked during the reporting period.
- Employed (fy)
- identifies whether the consumer has had a period of employment during a particular financial year.
- Employment service type
- the type of employment service an outlet provides. As of November 2004, outlets cannot deliver a dual open and supported service. This means that services can only be open or supported.
- Exit date
- the date on which an outlet stopped proving service/support to a consumer. This is recorded as ddmmyyyy.
F
- FaCS
- (Australian Government) Department of Family and Community Services.
- FaCS funded respite care
- a program funded by FaCS aimed at increasing the provision of immediate and short-term respite to carers of people with severe/ profound disabilities.
- Financial year
- the year dated 1 July to 30 June. The financial year for this report is 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005.
- Full award wage
- the income set in the relevant award for a particular occupation.
- Full-time employment
- employment of at least 35 hours per week.
H
- Hearing
- a disability grouping encompassing deafness, hearing impairment and hearing loss.
- Hours
- the average number of hours per week worked by a staff member in a disability-related service.
I
- Income
- any monies given to a consumer by an agency, department, or business, in exchange for labour or services (i.e., work).
- Independent worker
- an individual who a service assisted to obtain employment in the previous financial year (i.e., 2003-04) and who continues to work, but who received no employment assistance from the service in this financial year (i.e., 2004-05).
- Indigenous origin
- a person who is identified as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin in response to a verbal or written question.
- Indirect support staff
- staff that have no, or only a minimal, direct supporting role.
- Individualised funding
- money paid to a disability employment service on the basis of the needs of an individual consumer. An example of this is case based funding.
- Individual workplace agreement
- a written agreement between an employer and employee about the terms and conditions of employment.
- Information/referral services
- services that provide accessible information to people with disabilities, their carers, families and relevant professionals.
- Intellectual disability
- a type of disability that involves a deficit in cognitive ability (i.e., the brain is not working to its full age-appropriate capacity). The severity of an intellectual disability can range from minor to profound, and may be caused by genetic or environmental factors.
- Interpersonal interactions and relationships
- forming and maintaining friendships, coping with feelings and behaving within socially accepted boundaries.
- Interpreter service
- a service that interprets the communication between a consumer and an employment service. Spoken languages other than English and non-spoken communication (e.g., sign language) are interpreted via these services.
J
- Job seeker
- a consumer who receives support from an employment service to prepare him/her for employment.
L
- Language spoken at home
- the language spoken by a consumer in their current home.
- Last received support
- the date when support was last received by the consumer. This is recorded as ddmmyyyy.
- Learning disability
- a disability grouping used to define persons with significant difficulty in the acquisition and use of listening, speaking, reading, writing, and/or mathematical skills.
- Linkage key
- a statistical tool that enables client data to be matched across different data collections. This tool is often called the Statistical Linkage Key (SLK). It comprises the 2nd, 3rd and 5th letters of the consumer's surname, 2nd and 3rd letters of the consumer's first name, their date of birth and sex.
- Lives alone
- consumer lives alone in private or public housing.
- Lives with family
- consumer lives with family members, foster family or partner.
- Lives with others
- consumer shares with friends or a carer who is not a family member.
- Living arrangements
- whom the consumer resides with (i.e., alone or with related or unrelated persons).
M
- Main language spoken
- the language used most often by the consumer to communicate with other residents or visitors in their current home.
- Main source of income
- of all sources of income, this is the source of the greatest amount received from an individual agency, department, or business.
- Method of communication
- the most effective and common way by which the consumer communicates.
- Mobility
- ability to move around the home or other environment, including the use of public transport and/or driving a vehicle.
- Mobility allowance
- a form of financial assistance paid by the Australian Government to persons with a significant degree of difficulty with mobility.
N
- Neurological disability
- a disability grouping used to define persons with impairment of the nervous system occurring after birth. Conditions included under this category are epilepsy, dementia, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson's Disease.
- New job seeker
- an eligible job seeker who did not receive employment assistance from a service outlet during the previous financial year (i.e., 2003-04).
- Newstart/Youth allowance
- a form of income support paid by the Australian Government to young Australians who are studying, undertaking training, looking for work or temporarily incapacitated.
- New worker
- a worker who reached the worker target in 2004-05, but who worked for less than three months in 2003-04.
- Non-spoken communication
- effective ways of communicating that do not include verbal cues, such as speaking or murmurs. Examples include the use of sign language, Canon Communicator, and Compic.
- Non-vocational program
- a program that is not designed for vocational training (e.g., study, work experience, work), but rather for recreational purposes (e.g., social outings, sporting activities).
- Not known
- the consumers' situation in respect to a particular question was not known.
- No wage
- the consumer did not receive payment for work undertaken.
- Number of consumers
- the total number of persons who received employment assistance during the 2004-05 financial year.
- Number of consumers 'on the books'
- the number of active consumers listed with a service on 30 June 2005.
- Number of hours
- the average number of hours a consumer worked per week during the 2004-05 financial year.
- Number of months
- the number of months a consumer worked during the 2004-05 financial year.
- Number of workers meeting worker target
- the total number of consumers who worked in paid employment for at least eight hours per week for three months or more during the 2004-05 financial year.
- Number of workers not meeting worker target
- the total number of consumers who did not work in paid employment for at least eight hours per week for three months or more during the 2004-05 financial year.
O
- 'On the books'
- a consumer who, on 30 June 2005, was registered as receiving support from a disability service.
- Open employment service outlets
- services that provide employment assistance to people with a disability in obtaining and/or retaining paid employment in the open labour market.
- Open and supported employment service outlets
- employment services that provided both open and supported employment assistance to people with a disability.
- Other income
- money received by a consumer by an agency, department, or business in exchange for labour or services (i.e., work) which is in addition to the consumer's main source of income. Examples include superannuation and dividends/ interest from investments.
- Other pension/benefit
- financial assistance paid by the Australian Government other than the DSP, Newstart/Youth Allowance or Mobility Allowance. Such payments might include monies paid to Veterans and their families through the Department of Veterans' Affairs. Superannuation is not included in this category.
- Other referral source
- an agency or business other than Centrelink, who refers potential consumers to disability employment services. For example, schools, a workplace, or another service provider.
- Other setting of employment
- a place of employment that is neither an open nor supported employment setting. For example, self-employed positions or contract work.
- Other significant disability group
- a disability group that is secondary to the main (or primary) disability registered for a consumer.
P
- Paid employment
- employment for which a consumer receives an income.
- Paid staff
- staff that receive an income for being employed at a disability employment service.
- Part-time employment
- employment of less than 35 hours per week.
- Pension/benefit
- financial assistance paid by the Australian Government to persons in certain circumstances. An individual's circumstances will determine which pension/ benefit they receive. Examples include DSP, Newstart/Youth Allowance and Mobility Allowance.
- Period of employment
- the number of months and/or weeks a consumer worked in the financial year.
- Permanent employment
- employment on a continuing basis with leave entitlements.
- Phase
- the employment status of a consumer on 30 June 2005. Examples include worker, job seeker, and work experience.
- Physical disability
- a type of disability that involves conditions attributable to a physical cause, that impact on one's ability to perform physical activities. It includes the effects of paraplegia, quadraplegia, cerebral palsy, and spina bifida.
- Pre-employment training
- support given to a consumer to prepare them for employment and/or to help place them in employment.
- Primary disability group
- the category of disability that causes the most difficulty to the consumer.
- Print disability services
- services that provide alternative formats of communication for people who, by reason of disability, are unable to access printed information.
- Private residence
- a home that the consumer lives in. It may be a house, flat, unit, caravan, or mobile home.
- Pro rata
- a reduced wage based on the proportion of hours worked out of an equivalent full-time working week.
- Productivity based wage
- a reduced wage based on a person's productive capacity, and paid under a legal industrial agreement.
- Psychiatric disability
- a type of disability involving mental health conditions which have recognisable symptoms and behaviour patterns that impair personal and/or occupational/educational functioning. Examples include schizophrenia, depression and anxiety-related disorders.
R
- Referrals
- those consumers referred to a service by Centrelink or another source.
- Residential setting
- the type of physical accommodation the consumer usually resides in (usually being 4 or more days per week).
- Respite care
- immediate and/or short term care provided to enable some relief to a carer of a person with a with severe or profound disability.
S
- Seasonal employment
- work in a position or industry that experiences a dramatic employment increase for a defined period of time each year (e.g., fruit picking).
- Self-care
- undertaking tasks involved in looking after one's self (e.g., eating, bathing, dressing, and going to the toilet).
- Sensory disability
- a type of disability related to one of the senses (e.g., hearing, sight, and speech).
- Service form
- the document used to collect information on a particular service.
- Service ID
- the unique number assigned to a service by FaCS. In previous collections, this number was referred to as the TARDIS ID.
- Sign language
- a form of communication involving hand movements and signals. Examples include Auslan and Makaton.
- Specific learning disorder/ADD
- a group of disabilities characterised with difficulty in the acquisition and use of listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning and/or mathematical skills.
- Speech disability
- a disability group encompassing loss of speech, impairment and/ or difficulty in being understood.
- Staff hours
- total number of hours worked by staff including volunteers and contract staff during the snapshot week.
- Support commencement date
- the date a consumer received their first episode of support from a service. This is recorded as ddmmyyyy.
- Supported accommodation facility
- accommodation which provides board or lodging for a number of people and which has support services provided by rostered care workers, usually on a 24 hour basis.
- Supported employment service outlets
- services that directly provide support and employment to people with a disability.
- Support needs
- the degree of a consumer's requirements for help and/or supervision in various areas.
- SWS productivity based wage
- a productivity based wage determined in accordance with the Supported Wage System.
T
- Temporary employment
- fixed (usually short) term employment, which includes entitlements to paid holiday and sick leave.
- Torres Strait Islander Origin
- a person who self-identifies, or is identified as, being of Torres Strait Islander heritage.
U
- Unpaid staff
- unpaid hours worked by staff or volunteers.
V
- Visual disability
- a disability grouping, which encompasses blindness and vision impairment which is not corrected by prescription glasses or contact lenses.
- Vocational program
- a program, which prepares a consumer for employment or helps to place them in employment.
- Volunteer work
- employment that is unpaid.
W
- Wage level and conditions
- the current relationship of the consumer's wage and conditions to an award/agreement wage.
- Weeks of operation
- the number of weeks during the 2004-05 financial year that a service operated.
- Work experience
- a consumer who is undertaking paid or unpaid work experience or a work trial.
- Worker
- a consumer who is undertaking paid employment.
- Worker meeting worker target
- a consumer who has worked in paid employment of eight hours per week or more, for at least three months.
- Worker not meeting worker target
- a consumer who has worked in paid employment for less than three months and/or who worked less than eight hours per week.
- Working
- currently employed.
- Working (Support needs indicator)
- undertaking actions, behaviours and tasks needed to obtain and retain paid employment.
- Workplace agreement
- a written agreement between an employer and employee about the employee's terms and conditions of employment.
Y
- Youth Allowance
- a type of benefit paid by the Australian Government to persons meeting the payment criteria.
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