• 1. Executive summary
• 2. History of the Disability Services Census
• 3. Disability service outlets and staff profiles
• 4. Disability employment service consumer profile
• 5. Jurisdiction specific data
• 6. References
• 7. Appendices
• 8. Glossary of terms
• List of tables and figures

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1. Executive summary

• 1.1 Machinery of government changes
• 1.2 Commonwealth State Territory Disability Agreement
• 1.3 Summary of the Disability Services Census
• 1.4 Major findings

1.1 Machinery of government changes

In October 2004, a number of machinery of government (MoG) changes were made to the structure and responsibilities of Australian Government departments. These changes, which became effective on 1 December 2004, included the transfer of responsibility of open employment services to the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. Responsibility for supported employment services remained with the Department of Family and Community Services, and dual open/supported employment services ceased to exist. Then the department's name was changed on 27 January 2006 from the Department of Family and Community Services (FaCS) to the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaCSIA) with the move of the Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination (OIPC) to the portfolio. From 1 July 2006, open employment services were renamed the Disability Employment Network.

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1.2 Commonwealth State Territory Disability Agreement

The Commonwealth State Territory Disability Agreement (CSTDA) provides the national framework for providing government services for people with disability. There have been three agreements to date (the first in 1991) and, under the agreement, the Australian Government is 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, state and territory governments.

Under the CSTDA, only the Australian Government provides funding for specialist disability employment services. This funding provides people with disability access to vocational programs and employment, thereby promoting economic and social participation and choice for people with disability.

The current CSTDA (through the National Minimum Data Set) requires the Australian and state/territory governments to collect disability program, service and consumer data annually. The Australian Government fulfils its obligations by collecting data through its annual Disability Services Census. This report details the findings from the 2005–06 census collection.

This report provides national data on Australian Government funded specialist services for people with disability provided under the CSTDA. It includes data on open employment services for which, as mentioned in Section 1.1, policy responsibilities lie with the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. Data are provided on people with disability (consumers) who used specialist disability employment services during 2005–06. In addition to the comprehensive information on specialist 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 for government agencies, disability ministers, policy makers, the disability sector and the public.

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1.3 Summary of the Disability Services Census

This report has been written in five separate but related chapters. The first, the executive summary, 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 specialist 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 also detailed. Information about consumers' primary disability, need for assistance, residential setting, living arrangements and income are also included. Employment characteristics make up the last section of this chapter.

Chapter five 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. Tables appearing in the appendices are labelled with an A (e.g. Table 1A).

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1.4 Major findings

There were 868 Australian Government funded disability service outlets operational during 2005–06, an increase of 14 outlets compared with 2004–05. Disability employment service outlets accounted for the majority (84.2%; 731 out of 868) of all service outlets.

Staff in Australian Government funded disability services in 2005–06 worked a total of 288,093 hours a week. This represents an increase of 10,597 (3.9%) hours from the 277,496 hours reported in 2004–05. With regard to full-time equivalent (FTE) hours, approximately 7,581 FTE staff worked in disability services in 2005–06, an increase of 278 FTE staff compared with 2004–05.

Employment service staff accounted for the majority of staff hours (90.3%). Total weekly hours worked by employment service staff increased from 233,677 in 2004–05 to 259,944 in 2005–06.

There were 56,942 consumers receiving support from a disability employment service outlet on 30 June 2006, an increase of 8.1% (4,249) compared with 30 June 2005.

In total, there were 77,313 consumers assisted by Australian Government funded disability employment services in 2005–06, which is an increase of 13.1% on the 68,370 reported in 2004–05. Of these, 48,817 (63.1%) were male and 28,448 (36.8%) were female. Most spoke English as their main language. Across the two employment service types, 56,064 consumers accessed open employment services and 21,249 accessed supported employment services.

Most other data are similar across 2004–05 and 2005–06. For example, the proportion of consumers born overseas and the proportion whose main language is not English has remained stable over time. Similarly, the proportion of Indigenous consumers has remained steady, as has the income earned by working employment service consumers.

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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 funded through the then Department of Health, Housing and Community Services. The final report summarised data collected on disability employment services between January and June 1991 (Department of Health, Housing and Community Services, 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, 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, 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, 1998). Since that time, the department has continued to have responsibility for collecting and reporting 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 (Department of Family and Community Services, 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 (Department of Family and Community Services, 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 (Department of Family and Community Services, 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 (Department of Family and Community Services, 2005a), the 2004 report presented more in-depth analysis than previous reports (Department of Family and Community Services, 2005b).

The machinery of government (MoG) changes, which came into effect on 1 December 2004, have led to changes in the way data were analysed and presented in the 2005 report. For example, after 1 December 2004 data did not exist for dual open/supported employment services (Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 2006).

The 2006 Disability Services Census collection reflects a significant departure from previous years with the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations taking responsibility for the collection of open employment services data in line with the 2004 MoG changes, and an attempt to reduce the workload of service providers through the use of administrative data from both the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations and the now Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaCSIA). This report further reflects 2004 MoG changes with the absence of dual open/supported employment service data, which are now funded separately as open employment services and supported employment services.

This report is written in a similar manner to the 2004 and 2005 reports and with the aim of continuing to provide meaningful information to disability ministers, policy makers, researchers, the disability sector and the public.

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3. Disability service outlets and staff profiles

• 3.1 Disability service outlet profiles
• 3.2 Hours 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 2005– 06. The final section provides data on disability employment service staff, including the hours they worked and their role in service provision.

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3.1 Disability service outlet profiles

3.1.1 Number of disability service outlets

There were 868 Australian Government funded disability service outlets operational in 2005–06, an increase of 14 outlets from 2004–05 (FaCSIA 2006a).

Figure 3.1 shows the number and frequency distribution of outlets by service type for the 868 outlets. Of all service outlets, the vast majority (731; 84.2%) were disability employment services. The remaining 137 service outlets comprise advocacy (69; 7.9%), respite (53; 6.1%), print disability (13; 1.5%) and information (2; 0.2%) services.

Figure 3.1: Number (and per cent ) of disability service outlets by type of service, 2005–06

Information about disability service outlets across Australian jurisdictions is shown in Table 3.1. New South Wales (290) had the greatest number of service outlets, followed by Victoria (192) then Queensland (136).

Across all jurisdictions the majority of disability service outlets were for employment services. Respite services accounted for over 10% of disability services in Western Australia, the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory, which is higher than the proportion reported for other jurisdictions. Similarly, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory had higher proportions of advocacy services than other jurisdictions. New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory provided a nationwide disability information service. The 13 state-wide print disability services were provided by all jurisdictions except the Northern Territory.

Table 3.1: Number and per cent of disability service outlets across service type and jurisdiction, 2005–06

Jurisdiction	Employment	Respite	Print Disability	Advocacy	Information	Total
NSW	250	17	4	18	1	290
	86.2%	5.9%	1.4%	6.2%	0.3%	100.0%
Vic	163	5	3	21	-	192
	84.9%	2.6%	1.6%	10.9%		100.o%
Qld	117	10	1	8	-	136
	86.0%	7.4%	0.7%	5.9%		100.o%
WA	63	9	2	8	-	82
	76.8%	11.0%	2.4%	9.8%		100.0%
SA	82	4	1	6	-	93
	88.2%	4.3%	1.1%	6.5%		100.0%
Tas	31	3	1	3	-	38
	81.6%	7.9%	2.6%	7.9%		100.0%
ACT	14	2	1	2	1	20
	70.0%	10.0%	5.0%	10.0%	5.0%	100.0%
NT	11	3	-	3	-	17
	64.7%	17.6%		17.6%		100.0%
Total	731	53	13	69	2	868
	84.2%	6.1%	1.5%	7.9%	0.2%	100.0%

3.1.2 Location of disability service outlets

The Australian Bureau of Statistics Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Areas (RA) was used to assess the location of disability 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.

Of the 868 disability service outlets throughout Australia, over half (491; 56.6%) were located in major cities (Table 3.2). Inner and outer regional areas accounted for approximately 40% of all outlets (348; 40.0%), while remote and very remote areas represented the smallest proportion (3.4%) with 29 disability service outlets.

With the exception of respite services, all other service types had over half of their service outlets located in major cities. The two information service outlets were located in major cities, and the 13 state-wide print disability services were located in major cities and inner regional areas. Employment and respite services appeared to be well represented across all location types, in relative terms.

Table 3.2: Distribution of disability service outlets across location, 2005–06

Service type		Major city	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very remote	Total
							No.	%
Employment		55.5%	27.6%	13.8%	2.3%	0.7%	731	100.0%
Respite		45.3%	28.3%	18.9%	5.7%	1.9%	53	100.0%
Print disability		92.3%	7.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	13	100.0%
Advocacy		68.1%	21.7%	5.8%	4.3%	0.0%	69	100.0%
Information		100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2	100.0%
Total	No.	491	233	115	23	6	868
	%	56.6%	26.8%	13.2%	2.6%	0.7%		100.0%

3.1.3 Number of disability employment service outlets

There were 334 open employment service outlets and 397 supported employment services outlets in 2005–06 (Table 3.3), compared with 297 open employment and 378 supported service outlets in 2004–05 (FaCSIA 2006). New South Wales had the most outlets for each employment service type. The second highest number of employment service outlets was found in Victoria (163), followed by Queensland (117) and Western Australia (63). The Northern Territory (11) and Australian Capital Territory (14) had the lowest and second lowest number of open and supported employment service outlets. These data are reflective of population size differences across jurisdictions.

Table 3.3: Number and per cent of disability employment service outlets across service type and jurisdiction, 2005–06

Jurisdiction	Open	Supported	Total
NSW	102	148	250
	40.8%	59.2%	100.0%
Vic	65	98	163
	39.9%	60.1%	100.0%
Qld	70	47	117
	59.8%	40.2%	100.0%
WA	33	30	63
	52.4%	47.6%	100.0%
SA	37	45	82
	45.1%	54.9%	100.0%
Tas	15	16	31
	48.4%	51.6%	100.0%
ACT	6	8	14
	42.9%	57.1%	100.0%
NT	6	5	11
	54.5%	45.5%	100.0%
Total	334	397	731
	45.7%	54.3%	100.0%

3.1.4 Location of disability employment service outlets

Table 3.4 provides the percentage distribution of open and supported employment service outlets for each location. The number of outlets was highest in major cities for each employment service type. More specifically, near equal proportions of open employment service outlets (186 or 55.7%) and supported employment service outlets (220 or 55.4%) were located in major cities.

Table 3.4: Number and per cent of employment service outlets across locations, 2005–06

Service type		Major city	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very remote	Total
							No.	%
Open		55.7%	26.9%	13.5%	3.3%	0.6%	334	100.0%
Supported		55.4%	28.5%	13.9%	1.5%	0.8%	397	100.0%
Total	No.	406	202	101	17	5	731
	%	55.5%	27.6%	13.8%	2.3%	0.7%		100.0%

The next most common location across both employment service types was inner regional areas with 202 employment service outlets (27.6%). A significant proportion (13.8%; 101) of employment service outlets was located in outer regional areas and a small proportion (3.0%; 22) of employment service outlets was located in remote areas and very remote areas.

Table 3.5 provides the proportion of open and supported employment service outlets located within the five location categories. Of all the employment service outlets located in major cities, over half (54.2%) were supported employment outlets and 45.8% were open employment outlets. Similarly, there was a higher proportion of supported employment outlets across inner regional, outer regional and very remote areas than open employment service outlets. In remote areas, there were more open employment service outlets than supported employment service outlets.

Table 3.5: Number and per cent of employment service outlets within locations, 2005–06

Service type		Major city	Inner regional	Outer regional	Remote	Very remote
Open		45.8%	44.6%	44.6%	64.7%	40.0%
Supported		54.2%	55.9%	54.5%	35.3%	60.0%
Total	No.	406	202	101	17	5
	%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

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3.2 Hours and weeks of outlet operation

This section of the report provides details about the average number of hours a week and the average numbers of weeks a year that outlets had operated during 2005–06.

3.2.1 Average outlet hours of operation per day

Table 3.6 provides information on the average number of hours disability service outlets were operational per day in 2005–06. Of the 829 disability service outlets that provided information relating to operating hours, 793 outlets (95.7%) were operating for more than seven hours a day.

For all disability service types except information services, the most commonly reported number of hours provided was between seven to eight hours a day. A further 99 disability service outlets (12%) reported operating between eight to 24 hours a day with the majority of these being employment services. Respite services was the only disability service type to report operating 24 hours a day.

Table 3.6: Number of outlets by service type and average daily hours of operation, 2005–06

Service type	Less than 7 hours	7 to 8 hours	More than 8, but less than 24 hours	24 hours	Not stated	Total
Respite	1	30	8	12	2	53
Employment	32	581	82	0	36	731
Advocacy	0	64	5	0	0	69
Information	0	1	1	0	0	2
Print disability	3	6	3	0	1	13
Total	36	682	99	12	39	868

3.2.2 Average days of operation per week

Table 3.7 shows that of the 830 outlets that provided information on days of operation per week in 2005–06, 763 outlets (91.9%) reported opening five days a week and 37 outlets (4.5%) reported opening seven days a week. Proportionally, over a quarter (27.5%) of respite services and 3% of employment services reported operating seven days a week. The proportion of disability service outlets which reported operating five days a week ranged between 70.6% (respite services) and 100% (information services) within each service type.

Table 3.7: Number of outlets by service type and average days of operation per week, 2005–06

Service type	1 day	2 days	3 days	4 days	5 days	6 days	7 days	Not stated	Total
Respite	0	1	0	0	36	0	14	2	53
Employment	0	1	4	6	652	11	22	35	731
Advocacy	1	0	0	5	62	0	1	0	69
Information	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Print disability	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	1	13
Total	1	2	5	11	763	11	37	38	868

3.2.3 Average number of weeks of operation a year

Of the 830 outlets which provided information on weeks of operation in the 2005–06 year, the vast majority (98.5% or 817 out of 830) reported operating for at least 48 weeks in the year, with 60.2% (499) reported remaining open for the full 52 weeks. While employment, respite and information services were most likely to report operating for 52 weeks in the year, print disability and advocacy services were most likely to report operating between 48 and 51 weeks in the year.

Table 3.8: Number of outlets by service type and weeks of operation, 2005–06

Service type	1 to 39 weeks	40 to 47 weeks	48 to 51 weeks	52 weeks	Not stated	Total
Respite	1	0	2	48	2	53
Employment	3	7	269	417	35	731
Advocacy	0	1	37	31	0	69
Information	0	0	0	2	0	2
Print disability	1	0	10	1	1	13
Total	5	8	318	499	38	868

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3.3 Staff profile

Staff in all Australian Government funded disability services in 2005–06 worked a total of 288,093 hours a week. This represents an increase of 10,597 (3.9%) hours from the 277,496 hours reported in 2004–05. These weekly staff hours equate to approximately 7,581 full–time equivalent (FTE) staff across Australia, which is 278 more FTE staff nationally in 2005–06 than 2004–05.

Most staff hours were consumed by disability employment services, with 259,944 (6,762 FTE staff ) hours a week being worked by staff in employment service outlets in 2005–06. Data on staff hours in the other service types are provided in Table 1A.

Across all disability service types, direct staff hours accounted for the majority of total staff hours. For supported employment services, 69.7% of total staff hours were direct service provision in 2005–06, compared with 72.5% in 2004–05. For open employment services, the proportion of direct staff hours increased slightly from 66.6% in 2004–05 to 71.8% in 2005–06. See Table 2A for more detailed data on direct, indirect and total staff hours in 2005–06.

In 2005–06, 214 outlets (24.7%) had one to two FTE staff, 264 (30.5%) had three to five FTE staff, 220 (25.4%) had six to 10 FTE staff, and 170 (19.6%) had 11 or more FTE staff. These numbers are similar to those reported in 2004–05.

Table 3.9 provides the number and per cent of staff who worked in direct or indirect support roles in 2005–06. In each service type, the majority of staff worked in direct support roles, with over 70% of all staff working directly with people with disability. Print disability services had the highest proportion of staff working in direct roles, and the proportion of staff working in direct service provision ranged from 70.0 to 81.1% for the other four disability service types.

Table 3.9 also shows that, across disability service type, approximately 30% of staff did not work directly with people with disability, but worked in positions such as clerical work, training personnel, and belonging to boards/committees. These data are generally comparable to those reported for 2004–05.

Table 3.9: Number and per cent of FTE staff working in direct or indirect support roles, 2005–06

Service type	Direct	Indirect	Total
Employment	4,777	1,984	6,762
	70.7%	29.3%	100.0%
Respite	202	84	286
	70.7%	29.3%	100.0%
Print disability	243	29	272
	89.5%	10.5%	100.0%
Advocacy	177	76	253
	70.0%	30.0%	100.0%
Information	8	2	9
	81.1%	18.9%	100.0%
Total	5,407	2,174	7,581
	71.3%	28.7%	100.0%

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4. Disability employment service consumer profile

• 4.1 Consumer demographic information
• 4.2 Consumers and disability employment service types
• 4.3 Primary disability of consumers across service types
• 4.4 Need for assistance
• 4.5 Residential setting
• 4.6 Living arrangements
• 4.7 Income
• 4.8 Employment characteristics

Consumer profile data are collected and reported in two ways. The first provides data only on people with disability who were registered and receiving assistance from a specialist disability employment service outlet on 30 June 2006. These data are referred to as consumers 'on the books'. The second provides data on all people with disability who accessed disability employment services during 2005–06.

This chapter of the report provides details predominantly on the full financial year data for 2005–06. 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 Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaCSIA) website at http://www.facsia.gov.au/dscensus.

There were 56,942 consumers 'on the books' in disability employment services on 30 June 2006, which is an increase of 4,249 (8.1%) compared with the year before. A further 20,389 consumers accessed disability employment services sometime during 2005–06, bringing the total number of consumers assisted to 77,313. This is an increase of 8,943 consumers on the 68,370 reported for 2004–05.

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4.1 Consumer demographic information

4.1.1 Gender

Consistent with previous years, in 2005–06, there were many more male consumers than female consumers accessing disability employment services, 48,817 (63.1%) and 28,448 (36.8%) respectively.

Table 4.1: Number and per cent of consumers by age and gender, 2005–06*

	<16	16-19	20-24	25-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60-64	65+	Not stated	Total
Male	219	5,416	8,232	6,106	11,142	9,321	5,625	1,165	338	1,253	48,817
	78.5%	68.1%	63.3%	63.5%	64.1%	59.8%	59.7%	69.6%	79.7%	63.2%	63.1%
Female	60	2,533	4,761	3,512	6,241	6,252	3,803	508	86	692	28,448
	21.5%	31.9%	36.6%	36.5%	35.9%	40.1%	40.3%	30.4%	20.3%	34.9%	36.8%
Not stated	0	0	5	0	3	2	0	0	0	38	48
	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.9%	0.1%
Total	279	7,949	12,998	9,618	17,386	15,575	9,428	1,673	424	1,983	77,313

4.1.2 Age

In 2005–06, a large number of consumers accessing disability employment services were aged between 20 to 24 years (12,998), and 30 to 49 years (32,961), and a much lower number of consumers were less than 16 years of age (279) and greater than 65 years of age or older (424). The distribution of consumers across age groups does not differ significantly to that reported in 2004–05.

4.1.3 Relationship between gender and age

As in previous years, in 2005–06, there were more males than females accessing disability employment services in all age groups. This gender difference was most noticeable in the youngest age group (less than 16 years of age), where males accounted for 78.5% of all consumers.

4.1.4 Indigenous status

Of the 77,313 consumers assisted by disability employment services in 2005–06, 1,735 (2.3%) were identified as being of Aboriginal origin, 23 (0.1%) of Torres Strait Islander descent, and 18 (0.1%) 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

Country of birth data were mapped to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC). Countries were then classified into four broad categories based on their English speaking status: Australia, other English-speaking countries, non-English speaking countries, and not known. The group of other English-speaking countries includes Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom and United States of America.

In 2005–06, the majority of consumers accessing disability employment services were born in Australia (64,846; 83.9%). An additional 1,708 (2.2%) consumers were born in other English-speaking countries and 7,839 (10.1%) were born in non–English speaking countries. Country of birth data were not available for 2,920 (3.8%) consumers. See Table 4A for more information about the country of birth of consumers.

4.1.6 Main language spoken

Table 4.2 provides information on the main language spoken at home by consumers accessing disability employment services. This table shows that the majority of consumers in 2005–06 spoke English at home (96.3%). Italian was the most common language other than English spoken at home (206; 0.3%). These data are comparable to that reported in 2004–05. See Table 5A for more detailed information about the main language spoken at home by consumers.

Table 4.2: Number and per cent of consumers by main language spoken at home, 2005–06

Language	No.	%
English	74,451	96.3
Italian	206	0.3
Greek	131	0.2
Vietnamese	156	0.2
Chinese	96	0.1
Arabic/Lebanese	70	0.1
German	6	0.0
Spanish	59	0.1
Other language	1,411	1.8
Not known	727	0.9
Total	77,313	100.0

4.1.7 Need for interpreter

In 2005–06, a small number of consumers overall accessing disability employment services needed interpreter service assistance, with 191 (0.3%) needing interpreter service assistance for a spoken language other than English and 802 (1.0%) needed such assistance for non-spoken communication. Need for interpreter service data were not available for 743 (1.0%) consumers. See Table 6A for additional information on the need for interpreters by consumers.

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4.2 Consumers and disability employment service types

Of the 77,313 consumers accessing disability employment service in 2005–06, the majority were assisted by open employment services (56,064; 72.5%). Supported employment services assisted 21,249 (27.5%) consumers. This breakdown is comparable to that reported in 2004–05. See Table 7A for more detailed information.

On 30 June 2006, there were 56,942 consumers 'on the books' in disability employment services. Of these, 39,381 (69.2%) were in open employment services and 17,561 (30.8%) were in supported employment services.

4.2.1 Gender and service use

Figure 4.1 provides the per cent of male and female consumers across the two disability employment service types for 2005–06. 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.

Figure 4.1: Per cent of males and females across disability employment service type, 2005–06

4.2.2 Age and service use

In 2005–06, there were differences in disability employment service type use by age (see Figure 4.2). The use of open employment services decreased progressively with age until the 40 to 49 year age group. For example, of all consumers aged 16 to 19 years, 89.8% accessed open employment services, whereas the proportion decreased to 63.4% for consumers aged 40 to 49 years. The proportion of consumers aged between 40 to 49 and 60 to 64 years who accessed open employment services remained fairly steady, and then decreased markedly in the over 64 years of age group. See Figure 4.2 for relevant percentages.

Table 4.3: Number and per cent of consumers by disability employment service type and age group, 2005–06

	<16	16-19	20-24	25-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60-64	65+	Not stated	Total
Open	272	7,135	10,575	7,235	11,569	9,871	6,168	1,070	185	1,984	56,064
	97.5%	89.8%	81.4%	75.2%	66.5%	63.4%	65.4%	64.0%	43.6%	100.0%	72.5%
Supported	7	813	2,422	2,384	5,817	5,704	3,260	603	239	0	21,249
	2.5%	10.2%	18.6%	24.8%	33.5%	36.6%	34.6%	36.0%	56.4%	0.0%	27.5%
Total	279	7,948	12,997	9,619	17,386	15,575	9,428	1,673	424	1,984	77,313

In contrast, older consumers tended to access supported employment services more often than younger consumers. Of the disability employment services accessed by consumers aged 16 to 19 years, only 2.5% were in supported employment services, whereas 56.4% of services accessed by consumers aged over 64 years were supported employment services. The same pattern of stability across the 40 to 49 year age group through to the 60 to 64 year age group noted for open employment services was evident in supported employment services. These trends do not differ considerably to those reported for 2004–05.

Figure 4.2: Per cent of consumers by disability employment service type and age group, 2005–06

4.2.3 Jurisdictions and service use

There were differences across jurisdictions in the pattern of disability employment service use and in the numbers of consumers in 2005–06. The total number of consumers in each jurisdiction was generally related to total population of the jurisdictions. New South Wales had the highest number of consumers (23,396; 30.3% of national consumers), followed by Victoria (20,883; 27.0%), then Queensland (14,930; 19.3%) and Western Australia (7,542; 9.8%) (Table 4.4).

Consistent with previous years, in 2005–06 open employment services provided services to more consumers than did supported employment services across all states and territories. The proportion of consumers of open employment services ranged from 56.9% in South Australia, to 84.5% in Queensland.

Table 4.4: Number and per cent of consumers accessing open and supported employment services by jurisdictions, 2005–06

	Open	Supported	Total
NSW	15,384	8,012	23,396
	65.8%	34.2%	100.0%
Vic	16,144	4,738	20,882
	77.3%	22.7%	100.0%
Qld	12,620	2,310	14,930
	84.5%	15.5%	100.0%
WA	5,281	2,261	7,542
	70.0%	30.0%	100.0%
SA	3,939	2,977	6,916
	57.0%	43.0%	100.0%
Tas	1,593	612	2,205
	72.2%	27.8%	100.0%
ACT	763	219	982
	77.7%	22.3%	100.0%
NT	320	120	440
	72.7%	27.3%	100.0%
Not known	20	0	20
	100.0%	0.0%	100.0%
Total	56,064	21,249	77,313
	72.5%	27.5%	100.0%

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4.3 Primary disability of consumers across service types

This section of the report provides information about disability type reported for consumers of disability employment services during 2005–06. Data are provided for all consumers (see Figure 4.3), and in separate tables for the two 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 deafblind disabilities. These trends are the same as those reported in 2004–05.

Figure 4.3 Per cent of consumers across primary disability groups, 2005–06

4.3.1 Primary disability of 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 commonly reported primary disabilities among consumers of open employment services in 2005–06. Together, they constituted nearly half (47.9%) of the open employment service consumer population. Consumers with physical disability made up the third largest group, while speech and deafblind disabilities were the least common primary disabilities among open employment service consumers.

Table 4.5: Number and per cent of open employment service consumers by primary disability, 2005–06

Primary disability	No.	%
Psychiatric	14,546	25.9
Intellectual	12,357	22.0
Physical	9,652	17.2
Specific learning	6,145	11.0
Hearing	2,238	4.0
Neurological	1,919	3.4
Aquired brain injury	1,798	3.2
Autism	1,780	3.2
Vision	1,759	3.1
Speech	225	0.4
Deafblind	99	0.2
Not stated	3,546	6.3
Total	56,064	100.0

4.3.2 Primary disability of supported employment service consumers

Table 4.6 shows that during 2005–06, intellectual disability (71.2%) was the most commonly reported primary disability group for supported employment service consumers, followed by psychiatric disability (11.3%) and physical disability (6.6%). Speech and deafblind disabilities were the least common primary disabilities among supported employment service consumers.

Table 4.6: Number and per cent of supported employment service consumers by primary disability, 2005–06

Primary disability	No.	%
Intellectual	15,124	71.2
Psychiatric	2,397	11.3
Physical	1,402	6.6
Acquired brain injury	597	2.8
Neurological	418	2.0
Autism	456	2.1
Vision	295	1.4
Specific learning	273	1.3
Hearing	202	1.0
Deafblind	47	0.2
Speech	38	0.2
Total	21,249	100.0

4.3.3 Comparison of primary disability across service types

Reported primary disability groups varied somewhat between service types in 2005–06. The most frequently reported primary disability for open employment consumers was psychiatric disability, followed by intellectual disability. In contrast the most common disability for consumers of supported employment was intellectual disability, followed by psychiatric disability. For consumers of both services, physical disability was the third most common primary disability group.

The distribution of consumers across disability groups differed between open and supported services. The proportion of supported employment service consumers (71.2%) reporting intellectual disability as their primary disability was much higher than that of open employment service consumers (22.0%). The proportions of consumers with psychiatric disability as their primary disability were higher in open employment services (25.9%) than in supported employment services (11.3%). Supported employment services had a much lower proportion of consumers (6.6%) reporting physical disability as their primary disability, compared to open employment services (17.2%).

See Table 8A for information on secondary disabilities across employment service type and primary disability group.

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4.4 Need for assistance

Data on consumers' need for assistance in nine main life areas are presented in Table 4.7. The table shows that the majority of consumers accessing disability employment services in 2005–06 did not require any assistance with self-care (57.7%). Assistance in the areas of working, learning and interpersonal interactions however, was required for a large number of consumers. Further details are provided in Table 9A.

Table 4.7: Number and per cent of consumers by frequency of support or assistance needed in various life areas, 2005–06

Life areas	Frequency of support or assistance					Total
	Always needs help	Sometimes needs help	No help, but uses aids	No help and no aids	Not known
Self-care	2,977	18,427	2,277	44,573	9,059	77,313
	3.9%	23.8%	2.9%	57.7%	11.7%	100.0%
Mobility	4,937	16,774	3,765	37,123	14,714	77,313
	6.4%	21.7%	4.9%	48.0%	19.0%	100.0%
Communication	5,394	30,627	1,378	25,699	14,215	77,313
	7.0%	39.6%	1.8%	33.2%	18.4%	100.0%
Interpersonal interactions and relationships	7,177	37,212	1,029	17,181	14,714	77,313
	9.3%	48.1%	1.3%	22.2%	19.0%	100.0%
Learning	9,467	39,459	1,094	13,008	14,285	77,313
	12.2%	51.0%	1.4%	16.8%	18.5%	100.0%
Education	11,687	32,017	1,378	14,483	17,748	77,313
	15.1%	41.4%	1.8%	18.7%	23.0%	100.0%
Community (civic) and economic life	19,612	8,114	26,098	1,366	22,123	77,313
	25.4%	10.5%	33.8%	1.8%	28.6%	100.0%
Domestic life	20,310	6,941	22,191	1,515	26,356	77,313
	26.3%	9.0%	28.7%	2.0%	34.1%	100.0%
Working	12,390	45,570	903	4,728	13,722	77,313
	16.0%	58.9%	1.2%	6.1%	17.7%	100.0%

Tables 4.8 and 4.9 show the number and per cent of consumers accessing disability employment services who always needed assistance or constant supervision by areas of assistance and primary disability for open and supported employment services, respectively. Note that consumers who did not require assistance or who required only occasional assistance/aids are not tabulated. These details can be found in Table 10A.

Comparisons across Tables 4.8 and 4.9 show that generally, consumers of open employment services needed assistance in different areas and to different degrees than consumers of supported employment services. Consumers of supported employment services were more likely than consumers of open employment services to be unable to perform, or needed constant assistance/aids to perform various tasks.

For most primary disability groups (intellectual, autism, physical, deaf/blind, vision, neurological, acquired brain injury), higher percentages of supported employment service consumers needed 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 twice as likely as their open employment service counterparts to need assistance in all nine areas. Further, they were more likely than open employment service consumers to need assistance with activities or participation in interpersonal interactions, learning, education and community life (see Tables 4.8 and 4.9).

Table 4.8: Open employment service consumers who always needed assistance or constant supervision, by life area and primary disability, 2005–06

	Psychiatric	Intellectual	Physical	Specific learning /ADD *	Hearing	Neurological	Acquired brain injury	Autism	Vision	Speech	Deafblind	Not stated	Total
Self-care	202	176	157	83	24	23	45	20	45	6	1	37	819
	1.4%	1.4%	1.6%	1.4%	1.1%	1.2%	2.5%	1.1%	2.6%	2.7%	1.0%	1.0%	1.5%
Mobility	342	439	282	201	77	52	59	51	52	12	5	68	1,640
	2.4%	3.6%	2.9%	3.3%	3.4%	2.7%	3.3%	2.9%	3.0%	5.3%	5.1%	1.9%	2.9%
Communication	388	481	309	240	90	61	67	53	54	10	4	73	1,830
	2.7%	3.9%	3.2%	3.9%	4.0%	3.2%	3.7%	3.0%	3.1%	4.4%	4.0%	2.1%	3.3%
Interpersonal interactions and relationships	626	579	351	277	96	70	78	78	58	12	4	97	2,326
	4.3%	4.7%	3.6%	4.5%	4.3%	3.6%	4.3%	4.4%	3.3%	5.3%	4.0%	2.7%	4.1%
Learning	777	793	531	379	126	106	127	103	71	18	5	156	3,192
	5.3%	6.4%	5.5%	6.2%	5.6%	5.5%	7.1%	5.8%	4.0%	8.0%	5.1%	4.4%	5.7%
Education	908	957	626	446	157	129	145	126	90	19	6	213	3,822
	6.2%	7.7%	6.5%	7.3%	7.0%	6.7%	8.1%	7.1%	5.1%	8.4%	6.1%	6.0%	6.8%
Community (civic) and economic life	522	602	384	267	95	73	105	69	54	14	3	91	2,279
	3.6%	4.9%	4.0%	4.3%	4.2%	3.8%	5.8%	3.9%	3.1%	6.2%	3.0%	2.6%	4.1%
Domestic life	413	498	291	225	74	68	88	58	52	10	3	84	1,864
	2.8%	4.0%	3.0%	3.7%	3.3%	3.5%	4.9%	3.3%	3.0%	4.4%	3.0%	2.4%	3.3%
Working	1,199	1,101	730	506	193	175	179	159	100	20	6	244	4,612
	8.2%	8.9%	7.6%	8.2%	8.6%	9.1%	10.0%	8.9%	5.7%	8.9%	6.1%	6.9%	8.2%
Total**	14,546	12,357	9,652	6,145	2,238	1,919	1,798	1,780	1,759	225	99	3,546	56,064

Table 4.9: Supported employment service consumers who always needed assistance or constant supervision, by life area and primary disability, 2005–06

	Psychiatric	Intellectual	Physical	Specific learning /ADD *	Hearing	Neurological	Acquired brain injury	Autism	Vision	Speech	Deafblind	Total
Self-care	1,599	81	295	53	58	31	21	5	5	8	2	2,158
	10.6%	3.4%	21.0%	8.9%	12.7%	7.4%	7.1%	1.8%	2.5%	17.0%	5.3%	10.2%
Mobility	2,503	67	367	99	106	54	53	11	18	15	4	3,297
	16.5%	2.8%	26.2%	16.6%	23.2%	12.9%	18.0%	4.0%	8.9%	31.9%	10.5%	15.5%
Communication	2,839	149	198	74	139	39	11	15	74	15	11	3,564
	18.8%	6.2%	14.1%	12.4%	30.5%	9.3%	3.7%	5.5%	36.6%	31.9%	28.9%	16.8%
Interpersonal interactions and relationships	3,827	300	238	112	190	69	18	35	40	11	11	4,851
	25.3%	12.5%	17.0%	18.8%	41.7%	16.5%	6.1%	12.8%	19.8%	23.4%	28.9%	22.8%
Learning	4,975	351	356	159	182	97	36	53	46	15	5	6,275
	32.9%	14.6%	25.4%	26.6%	39.9%	23.2%	12.2%	19.4%	22.8%	31.9%	13.2%	29.5%
Education	6,371	374	413	184	217	117	47	56	56	20	10	7,865
	42.1%	15.6%	29.5%	30.8%	47.6%	28.0%	15.9%	20.5%	27.7%	42.6%	26.3%	37.0%
Community (civic) and economic life	4,705	219	345	144	219	72	33	30	38	20	10	5,835
	31.1%	9.1%	24.6%	24.1%	48.0%	17.2%	11.2%	11.0%	18.8%	42.6%	26.3%	27.5%
Domestic life	3,909	208	424	139	193	82	42	22	32	16	10	5,077
	25.8%	8.7%	30.2%	23.3%	42.3%	19.6%	14.2%	8.1%	15.8%	34.0%	26.3%	23.9%
Working	5,730	769	509	197	228	131	59	71	55	21	8	7,778
	37.9%	32.1%	36.3%	33.0%	50.0%	31.3%	20.0%	26.0%	27.2%	44.7%	21.1%	36.6%
Total **	15,124	2,397	1,402	597	456	418	295	273	202	47	38	21,249

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4.5 Residential setting

Table 4.10 shows that the vast majority of consumers (82.8%) accessing disability employment services lived in a private residence in 2005–06. Among the remaining 17.2%, most lived in either a domestic scale supported residence or supported accommodation. These trends are similar to those reported in 2004–05. Table 4.10 Consumer residential setting, 2005–06

Table 4.10: Consumer residential setting, 2005–06

Residential Setting	No.	%
Private residence	63,998	82.8
Domestic-scale supported	3,162	4.1
Supported accommodation facility	2,131	2.8
Boarding house/private hotel	696	0.9
Independent unit retirement village	101	0.1
Residential aged care	141	0.2
Psychiatric community care	239	0.3
Short term crisis accommodation	182	0.2
Other	697	0.9
Not known	5,966	7.7
Total	77,313	100.0

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4.6 Living arrangements

Table 4.11 provides information on consumers' living arrangements. Of the 77,313 consumers accessing disability employment services, living arrangements were not known for 8,001 (10.3%) consumers. Around three in every five consumers with a known living arrangement lived with family. Other consumers lived alone or in shared accommodation, 17.3% and 13.9% respectively.

Table 4.11: Consumer living arrangements, 2005–06

Living Arrangement	No.	%
Lives alone	13,396	17.3
Lives with family	45,177	58.4
Lives with others	10,739	13.9
Not known	8,001	10.3
Total	77,313	100.0

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4.7 Income

This section of the report provides data on the main source of income for consumers accessing disability employment services in 2005–06, as well as specific information on the number of consumers in receipt of Disability Support Pension, Newstart/Youth Allowance and Mobility Allowance.

4.7.1 Main source of income

Main source of income was known for 74,584 (96.5%) consumers accessing disability employment services in 2005–06. 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 Disability Support Pension was the main source of income for most disability employment service consumers (46,729; 62.7%), followed by Newstart/Youth Allowance and then paid employment, with 12,118 (16.2.%) and 11,533 (15.5%) consumers receiving these as their main source of income respectively. A further 2,500 (3.4%) consumers received another form of income, that included Mobility Allowance, compensation income, pensions/benefits other than Disability Support Pension and Newstart/Youth Allowance, and income such as superannuation and investments.

Figure 4.4: Main income source, 2005–06

4.7.2 Disability Support Pension

Consumers of supported employment services were proportionally more likely to receive Disability Support Pension than consumers of open employment services in 2005–06 (Table 4.12). That is, of the 21,249 consumers of supported employment services, 90.6% (19,253) received Disability Support Pension, compared to 56.1% (31,457) for open employment services consumers.

Table 4.12: Number of consumers on Disability Support Pension and/or Mobility Allowance by disability employment service type, 2005–06

	Open	Supported	Total
DSP	31,457	19,253	50,710
DSP + MA	1,999	6,792	8,791
Not on DSP	24,409	325	24,734
Unknown	198	1,671	1,869
Total	56,064	21,249	77,313

In total, 50,710 consumers received Disability Support Pension in 2005–06, which means that 3,981 Disability Support Pension recipients did not report this payment as their main source of income.

Of the 31,457 open employment service consumers on Disability Support Pension in 2005–06, 1,999 (6.4%) were also in receipt of Mobility Allowance. There were 24,409 consumers of open employment services not receiving Disability Support Pension. With regard to supported employment services, 19,253 consumers received Disability Support Pension, and only 325 did not. Of those supported service consumers in receipt of Disability Support Pension, 6,792 (35.3%) also received Mobility Allowance.

There were 1,869 consumers whose Disability Support Pension status was not known for 2005–06.

4.7.3 Newstart/Youth Allowance

Consumers of open employment services were proportionally more likely to receive Newstart/Youth Allowance than consumers of supported employment services in 2005–06. Among all open employment service consumers, 26.1% received Newstart/Youth Allowance, compared to 0.9% of supported employment service consumers (Table 4.13).

A total of 14,839 employment service consumers received Newstart/Youth Allowance in 2005–06, which means that 2,721 Newstart/Youth Allowance recipients did not report Newstart/Youth Allowance as their main source of income.

The number of Newstart/Youth Allowance recipients across employment service type is provided in Table 4.13. The table also shows the number of Newstart/Youth Allowance recipients who also received Mobility Allowance, and the number of consumers not receiving Newstart/Youth Allowance. Newstart/Youth Allowance status was unknown for 2,969 consumers for 2005–06.

Table 4.13: Number of consumers on Newstart/Youth Allowance and/or Mobility Allowance by disability employment service type, 2005–06

	Open	Supported	Total
NSA/YA	14,646	193	14,839
NSA/YA + MA	198	14	212
Not on NSA/YA	41,191	18,314	59,505
Unknown	227	2,742	2,969
Total	56,064	21,249	77,313

Open employment service consumers (14,646; 98.7%) accounted for the vast majority of the 14,839 employment service consumers on Newstart/Youth Allowance in 2005–06. Of these 14,646 open employment service consumers, 198 (1.4%) were also in receipt of Mobility Allowance. There were 198 consumers of supported employment services on Newstart/Youth Allowance, and of these, 14 also received Mobility Allowance.

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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 2006. All data in this sub-section refer to 'on the books' consumers only.

In supported employment services, of the 17,539 consumers 'on the books' on 30 June 2006 whose employment phase was known, the majority were recorded as being employed as workers (16,586; 94.6%), and one person as independent worker. There were 33 (0.2%) consumers registered as job seekers, 658 (3.8%) undertaking work experience (i.e., unpaid or voluntary work) and 261 (1.5%) performing other employment activities, such as activity therapy, independent living training, and non-vocational or day care programs. Employment phase data were not available for 22 supported employment consumers 'on the books' on census day.

Of the 39,381 consumers 'on the books' in open employment services, employment phase data were available for 31,710 (81.5%) consumers. Amongst these consumers, 14,745 (46.5%) were recorded as being employed as workers, and a further 265 (0.8%) as independent workers. This represents a decrease of 17.1% from the number of employed consumers (i.e., workers and independent workers) 'on the books' reported for the previous year (18,104 on 30 June 2005; 15,010 on 30 June 2006). The drop in the number of workers at the end of the 2005–06 financial year was driven by the move to full Case Based Funding (CBF). This saw the exit of a large number of effectively inactive clients, immediately following the transition from Block Grant Funding (BGF) to CBF on 1 July 2005. Filling of these newly vacant places was part of the reason for the unusually high intake in 2005–06.

Figure 4.5: Employment phase of employed consumers 'on the books', by service type, 30 June 2006

4.8.1 Basis of employment

Of the 31,597 employed consumers 'on the books' on 30 June 2006, basis of employment were known for 27,916 (88.4%) consumers. For those consumers whose basis of employment was known, the majority (17,283; 61.9%) were employed on a permanent part-time basis. An additional 8,894 (31.9%) worked on a permanent full-time basis, and 1,232 (4.4%) worked as permanent casuals. The remaining 507 (1.8%) workers were employed in either seasonal or temporary positions.

Figure 4.6 shows the breakdown of basis of employment by employment service type on 30 June 2006. The figure indicates that for both service types, the majority of consumers were employed on a permanent part–time basis, with permanent full-time employment as the next most common basis of employment. This finding differs from 2004–05, which showed that permanent casual employment was the second most common basis of employment for employed consumers of open employment services.

Of the employed consumers of open employment services with a known basis of employment, 8,033 (61.8%) were employed on a permanent part–time basis, 3,808 (29.3%) on a permanent full-time basis, and 681 (5.2%) on a permanent casual basis. A further 483 (3.7%) employed consumers of open employment services worked as either temporary employees or seasonal workers.

There were 14,911 employed consumers of supported employment services whose basis of employment was known. Of these, around three in every five consumers (9,250; 62.0%) worked on a permanent part-time basis, just over a third (5,086; 34.1%) were employed on a permanent full-time basis, and less than 5% (551; 3.7%) worked on a permanent casual basis or as temporary employees or seasonal workers (24; 0.2%).

Figure 4.6: Disability employment service type by basis of employment, 30 June 2006

4.8.2 Hours of employment

Data on hours worked were reported for 28,989 employed consumers of disability employment services as of 30 June 2006. Of these, nearly two-thirds (19,320; 66.7%) worked between 16 and 40 hours a week. A further 7,386 (25.5%) consumers worked between eight and 15 hours a week. Very few consumers worked less than eight hours (1,360; 4.7%) or more than 40 hours a week (923; 3.2%). See Table 12A for more detailed information. These percentages are comparable to those reported in 2004–05.

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, 41.6% of males and 38.6% of females worked between 31 to 40 hours. Females were slightly more likely than males to work less than 30 hours.

Figure 4.7: Per cent of male and female workers/independent workers by hours of employment per week, 30 June 2006

4.8.3 Wage type

Table 4.14 provides details about the type of wage paid to workers/independent workers as at 30 June 2006. Approximately a quarter of employed consumers were respondent to an award. A sizeable proportion of employed consumers were either paid wages in accordance with a ratified enterprise/certified agreement (23.1%) or in reference to an award/agreement (22.6%). A very small number of employed consumers received a wage not based on an award or agreement or were paid in reference to an award or Supported Wage System productivity–based wage.

Table 4.14: Employed consumers: consumer wage type, 30 June 2006

	No.	%
Ratified enterprise/certified agreement	7,313	23.1
Australian Workplace Agreement	1,177	3.7
Payment is made in reference to an award	6,117	19.4
Supported Wage System productivity-based	2,845	9.0
Wage not based on an award/agreement	643	2.0
Respondent to an award	7,133	22.6
Not known	6,369	20.2
Total	31,597	100.0

4.8.4 Wage level

The wage levels for employed consumers across employment service types on 30 June 2006 are provided in Figure 4.8. This figure shows that consumers of open employment services earned higher wages on average than consumers of supported employment services. More specifically, the majority of open employment service consumers (70.1%) earned more than $100 a week, whereas over 80% of supported employment service consumers earned $100 or less a week. This trend is consistent with that reported in 2004–05. See Table 12A for more detailed information.

Figure 4.8: Per cent of employed consumers by wage level and disability employment service type, 30 June 2006

Wage level also differed across primary disability groups, as shown in Figure 4.9. The vast majority (87.0%) of employed consumers with a primary physical disability earned $300 or less a week, and very few (13.3%) earned more than $300 a week. This wage trend was similar for employed consumers with specific learning disability, acquired brain injury or neurological disability reported as their primary disability. In contrast, over one third of employed consumers with deafblind or psychiatric primary disability earned more than $300 a week. See Figure 4.9 for earning percentages of consumers with other primary disabilities.

Figure 4.9: Per cent of employed consumers by primary disability group and wage level, 30 June 2006

 

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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

Two hundred and ninety (33.4%) of the 868 Australian Government funded disability service outlets were located in New South Wales. Of these service outlets:

• 86.2% were employment services
• 5.9% were respite care services
• 1.4% were print disability services
• 6.2% were advocacy services
• 0.3% were information services.

Across New South Wales employment services, staff worked a total of 78,106 hours, which equates to 30.3% of national employment service staff hours.

5.1.2 Consumer information

Service type and consumer demographic information

In New South Wales, there were 23,396 consumers of employment services in 2005–06. This represented 30.3% of all consumers assisted in Australia during the period.

Of New South Wales consumers:

• 65.8% used an open employment service
• 34.2% used a supported employment service
• 88.6% were born in Australia or another English speaking country
• 2.6% were identified as being Indigenous.

Primary disability

Of the 23,396 employment service consumers in New South Wales:

• 43.3% had an intellectual disability
• 20.1% had a psychiatric disability
• 10.9% had a physical disability
• 4.9% had a sensory/speech disability
• 10.9% had a specific learning disability/ADD or autism
• 5.3% had an acquired brain injury or neurological disability.

Main source of income

The main source of income for the 23,396 New South Wales employment service consumers was:

• Disability Support Pension 63.7%
• paid employment wages 13.3%
• Newstart/Youth Allowance 13.5%.

5.1.3 Employment specific information

• 59.8% (10,359) of the 17,318 consumers 'on the books' in New South Wales on 30 June 2006 were classified as employed (i.e. workers or independent workers) compared with the national average of 48.9%.
• The most common wage range for employed consumers was $61 to $80 a week, with 16.0% of workers earning this, compared with the most common national average range of $61 to $80 (13.4%).
• 20.9% of consumers worked between eight and 15 hours a week, 23.2% worked 16 to 30 hours a week and 40.5% worked 31 to 40 hours a week.

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5.2 Victoria

5.2.1 Service outlets and staff hours

One hundred and ninety-two (22.1%) of the 868 Australian Government funded disability service outlets were located in Victoria. Of the service outlets located in Victoria:

• 84.9% were employment services
• 2.6% were respite care services
• 1.6% were print disability services
• 10.9% were advocacy services.

Across Victorian employment services, staff worked a total of 42,700 hours, which equates to 16.6% of national employment service staff hours.

5.2.2 Consumer information

Service type and consumer demographic information

In Victoria, there were 20,882 consumers of employment services in 2005–06. This represented 27.0% of all consumers assisted in Australia during the period.

Of Victorian consumers:

• 77.3% used an open employment service
• 22.7% used a supported employment service
• 80.3% were born in Australia or another English speaking country
• 0.8% were identified as being Indigenous.

Primary disability

Of the 20,882 employment service consumers in Victoria:

• 25.2% had an intellectual disability
• 29.0% had a psychiatric disability
• 19.6% had a physical disability
• 6.9% had a sensory/speech disability
• 9.4% had a specific learning disability/ADD or autism
• 6.1% had an acquired brain injury or neurological disability.

Main source of income

The main source of income for the 20,882 Victorian employment service consumers was:

• Disability Support Pension 57.1%
• paid employment wages 15.5%
• Newstart/Youth Allowance 18.6%.

5.2.3 Employment specific information

• 48.2% (7,332) of the 15,212 consumers 'on the books' in Victoria on 30 June 2006 were classified as employed (i.e. workers or independent workers) compared with the national average of 48.9%.
• The most common wage range for employed consumers was $101 to $150 a week, with 13.5% of workers earning this, compared with the most common national average range of $61 to $80 with 13.4%.
• 26.8% of consumers worked between eight and 15 hours a week, 24.1% worked 16 to 30 hours a week, and 33.8% worked 31 to 40 hours a week.

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5.3 Queensland

5.3.1 Service outlets and staff hours

One hundred and thirty six (15.7%) of the 868 Australian Government funded disability service outlets were located in Queensland. Of Queensland service outlets:

• 86.0% were employment services
• 7.4% were respite care services
• 0.7% were print disability services
• 5.9% were advocacy services.

Across Queensland employment services, staff worked a total of 56,748 hours, which equates to 22.1% of national employment service staff hours.

5.3.2 Consumer information

Service type and consumer demographic information

In Queensland, there were 14,930 consumers of employment services in 2005–06. This represented 19.3% of all consumers assisted in Australia during the period.

Of Queensland consumers:

• 84.5% used an open employment service
• 15.5% used a supported employment service
• 90.6% were born in Australia or another English speaking country
• 3.5% were identified as being Indigenous.

Primary disability

Of the 14,930 employment service consumers in Queensland:

• 31.5% had an intellectual disability
• 20.5% had a psychiatric disability
• 14.9% had a physical disability
• 7.0% had a sensory/speech disability
• 13.5% had a specific learning disability/ADD or autism
• 6.4% had an acquired brain injury or neurological disability.

Main source of income

The main source of income for the 14,930 Queensland employment service consumers was:

• Disability Support Pension 56.8%
• paid employment wages 16.8%
• Newstart/Youth Allowance 17.2%.

5.3.3 Employment specific information

• 51.9% (5,514) of the 10,632 consumers 'on the books' in Queensland on 30 June 2006 were classified as employed (i.e. workers or independent workers) compared with the national average of 48.9%.
• The most common wage range for employed consumers was $61 to $80 a week, with 12.5% of workers earning this, compared with the most common national average range of $61 to $80 with 13.4%.
• 26.3% of consumers worked between eight and 15 hours a week, 23.3% worked 16 to 30 hours a week, and 30.2% worked 31 to 40 hours a week.

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5.4 Western Australia

5.4.1 Service outlets and staff hours

Eighty-two (9.4%) of the 868 Australian Government funded disability service outlets were located in Western Australia. Of these service outlets:

• 76.8% were employment services
• 11.0% were respite care services
• 2.4% were print disability services
• 9.8% were advocacy services.

Across Western Australian employment services, staff worked a total of 40,449 hours, which equates to 15.7% of national employment service staff hours.

5.4.2 Consumer information

Service type and consumer demographic information

In Western Australia, there were 7,542 consumers of employment services in 2005–06. This represented 9.8% of all consumers assisted in Australia during the period. Of these consumers:

• 70.0% used an open employment service
• 30.0% used a supported employment service
• 81.9% were born in Australia or another English speaking country
• 2.6% were identified as being Indigenous.

Primary disability

Of the 7,542 employment service consumers in Western Australia:

• 39.1% had an intellectual disability
• 19.6% had a psychiatric disability
• 13.9% had a physical disability
• 6.6% had a sensory/speech disability
• 12.1% had a specific learning disability/ADD or autism
• 7.0% had an acquired brain injury or neurological disability.

Main source of income

The main source of income for the 7,542 Western Australian employment service consumers was:

• Disability Support Pension 67.0%
• paid employment wages 13.1%
• Newstart/Youth Allowance 12.9%.

5.4.3 Employment specific information

• 61.4% (3,535) of the 5,755 consumers 'on the books' in Western Australia on 30 June 2006 were classified as employed (i.e. workers or independent workers) compared with the national average of 48.9%.
• The most common wage range for employed consumers was $21 to $40 a week, with 18.9% of workers earning this, compared with the most common national average range of $61 to $80 with 13.4%.
• 25.3% of consumers worked between eight and 15 hours a week, 26.4% worked 16 to 30 hours a week, and 36.0% worked 31 to 40 hours a week.

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5.5 South Australia

5.5.1 Service outlets and staff hours

Ninety-three (10.7%) of the 868 Australian Government funded disability service outlets were located in South Australia. Of these service outlets:

• 88.2% were employment services
• 4.3% were respite care services
• 1.1% were print disability services
• 6.5% were advocacy services.

Across South Australian employment services, staff worked a total of 25,323 hours, which equates to 9.9% of national employment service staff hours.

5.5.2 Consumer information

Service type and consumer demographic information

In South Australia, there were 6,916 consumers of employment services in 2005–06. This represented 8.9% of all consumers assisted in Australia during the period. Of these consumers:

• 57.0% used an open employment service
• 43.0% used a supported employment service
• 88.1% were born in Australia or another English speaking country
• 1.5% were identified as being Indigenous.

Primary disability

Of the 6,915 employment service consumers in South Australia:

• 44.7% had an intellectual disability
• 14.1% had a psychiatric disability
• 10.1% had a physical disability
• 8.7% had a sensory/speech disability
• 10.4% had a specific learning disability/ADD or autism
• 7.0% had an acquired brain injury or neurological disability.

Main source of income

The main source of income for the 6,916 South Australian employment service consumers was:

• Disability Support Pension 62.4%
• paid employment wages 15.3%
• Newstart/Youth Allowance 11.0%.

5.5.3 Employment specific information

• 64.1% (3,441) of the 5,372 consumers 'on the books' in South Australia on 30 June 2006 were classified as employed (i.e. workers or independent workers) compared with the national average of 48.9%.
• The most common wage range for employed consumers was $21 to $40 a week, with 16.6% of workers earning this, compared with the most common national average range of $61 to $80 with 13.4%.
• 17.1% of consumers worked between eight and 15 hours a week, 24.5% worked 16 to 30 hours a week, and 46.9% worked 31 to 40 hours a week.

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5.6 Tasmania

5.6.1 Service outlets and staff hours

Thirty-eight (4.4%) of the 868 Australian Government funded disability service outlets were located in Tasmania. Of these service outlets:

• 81.6% were employment services
• 7.9% were respite care services
• 2.6% were print disability services
• 7.9% were advocacy services.

Across Tasmanian employment services, staff worked a total of 9,478 hours, which equates to 3.7% of national employment service staff hours.

5.6.2 Consumer information

Service type and consumer demographic information

In Tasmania, there were 2,205 consumers of employment services in 2005–06. This represented 2.9% of all consumers assisted in Australia during the period. Of these consumers:

• 72.2% used an open employment service
• 27.8% used a supported employment service
• 91.6% were born in Australia or another English speaking country
• 3.9% were identified as being Indigenous.

Primary disability

Of the 2,205 employment service consumers in Tasmania:

• 34.9% had an intellectual disability
• 16.3% had a psychiatric disability
• 12.0% had a physical disability
• 3.9% had a sensory/speech disability
• 17.4% had a specific learning disability/ADD or autism
• 6.8% had an acquired brain injury or neurological disability.

Main source of income

The main source of income for the 2,205 Tasmanian employment service consumers was:

• Disability Support Pension 52.2%
• paid employment wages 14.7%
• Newstart/Youth Allowance 22.4%.

5.6.3 Employment specific information

• 56.3% (761) of the 1,582 consumers 'on the books' in Tasmania on 30 June 2006 were classified as employed (i.e. workers or independent workers) compared with the national average of 48.9%.
• The most common wage range for employed consumers was $21 to $40 a week, with 19.4% of workers earning this, compared with the most common national average range of $61 to $80 with 13.4%.
• 18.7% of consumers worked between eight and 15 hours a week, 22.1% worked 16 to 30 hours a week, and 44.6% worked 31 to 40 hours a week.

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5.7 Australian Capital Territory

5.7.1 Service outlets and staff hours

Twenty (2.3%) of the 868 Australian Government funded disability service outlets were located in the Australian Capital Territory. Of these service outlets:

• 70.0% were employment services
• 10.0% were respite care services
• 5.0% were print disability services
• 10.0% were advocacy services
• 5.0% were information services.

Across the Australian Capital Territory employment services, staff worked a total of 2,146 hours, which equates to 0.8% of national employment service staff hours.

5.7.2 Consumer information

Service type and consumer demographic information

In the Australian Capital Territory, there were 982 consumers of employment services in 2005–06. This represented 1.3% of all consumers assisted in Australia during the period. Of these consumers:

• 77.7% used an open employment service
• 22.3% used a supported employment service
• 88.1% were born in Australia or another English speaking country
• 0.5% were identified as being Indigenous.

Primary disability

Of the 982 employment service consumers in the Australian Capital Territory:

• 42.1% had an intellectual disability
• 24.5% had a psychiatric disability
• 9.8% had a physical disability
• 6.4% had a sensory/speech disability
• 9.4% had a specific learning disability/ADD or autism
• 6.3% had an acquired brain injury or neurological disability.

Main source of income

The main source of income for the 982 Australian Capital Territory employment service consumers was:

• Disability Support Pension 55.2%
• paid employment wages 12.7%
• Newstart/Youth Allowance 21.5%.

5.7.3 Employment specific information

• 48.3% (375) of the 776 consumers 'on the books' in the Australian Capital Territory on 30 June 2006 were classified as employed (i.e. workers or independent workers) compared with the national average of 48.9%.
• The most common wage ranges for employed consumers was $101 to $150 a week, with 18.1% of workers earning this, compared with the most common national average range of $61 to $80 with 13.4%.
• 26.9% of consumers worked between eight and 15 hours a week, 31.2% worked 16 to 30 hours a week, and 21.3% worked 31 to 40 hours a week.

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5.8 Northern Territory

5.8.1 Service outlets and staff hours

Seventeen (2.0%) of the 868 Australian Government funded disability service outlets were located in Northern Territory. Of these service outlets:

• 64.7% were employment services
• 17.6% were respite care services
• 17.6% were advocacy services.

Across the Northern Territory employment services, staff worked a total of 1,995 hours, which equates to 0.8% of national employment service staff hours.

5.8.2 Consumer information

Service type and consumer demographic information

In the Northern Territory, there were 440 consumers of employment services in 2005–06. This represented 0.6% of all consumers assisted in Australia during the period. Of these consumers:

• 72.7% used an open employment service
• 27.3% used a supported employment service
• 83.2% were born in Australia or another English speaking country
• 19.5% were identified as being Indigenous.

Primary disability

Of the 440 employment service consumers in the Northern Territory:

• 33.4% had an intellectual disability
• 14.8% had a psychiatric disability
• 14.3% had a physical disability
• 4.1% had a sensory/speech disability
• 9.3% had a specific learning disability/ADD or autism
• 7.7% had an acquired brain injury or neurological disability.

Main source of income

The main source of income for the 440 Northern Territory employment service consumers was:

• Disability Support Pension 64.8%
• paid employment wages 10.0%
• Newstart/Youth Allowance 14.5%.

5.8.3 Employment specific information

• 52.3% (150) of the 287 consumers 'on the books' in the Northern Territory on 30 June 2006 were classified as employed (i.e. workers or independent workers) compared with the national average of 48.9%.
• The most common wage range for employed consumers was $21 to $40 a week, with 20.0% of workers earning this, compared with the most common national average range of $61 to $80 with 13.4%.
• 34.0% of consumers worked between eight and 15 hours a week, 22.0% worked 16 to 30 hours a week, and 31.3% worked 31 to 40 hours a week.

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6. References

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) (2005). Australian Economic Indicators. Canberra, ACT: ABS.

Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaCSIA) (2006). Australian Government Disability Services Census 2005. 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) (2005a). Australian Government Disability Services Census 2003. 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.

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7. Appendices

Table 1A: Staff hours by disability service type and jurisdiction, 2005–06

Jurisdiction	Service type					Total
	Advocacy	Disability Information	Print Disability	Respite	Employment
Direct Hours
NSW	1,920	200	3,150	1,325	54,961	61,556
Vic	1,509	–	5,815	430	31,832	39,587
Qld	611	–	0	3,917	36,476	41,003
WA	1,057	–	24	922	31,474	33,476
SA	812	–	226	630	17,322	18,990
Tas	338	–	0	215	6,316	6,869
ACT	230	92	24	51	1,632	2,029
NT	245	–	–	182	1,531	1,958
Total	6,722	292	9,238	7,672	181,543	205,467
Indirect Hours
NSW	758	0	268	640	23,144	24,811
Vic	813	–	55	110	10,867	11,846
Qld	376	–	300	923	20,273	21,872
WA	291	–	437	341	8,976	10,043
SA	226	–	14	513	8,001	8,754
Tas	253	–	0	234	3,162	3,649
ACT	120	68	12	381	514	1,095
NT	50	–	–	44	464	558
Total	2,886	68	1,086	3,186	75,400	82,626
Total Hours
NSW	2,678	200	3,418	1,965	78,106	86,366
Vic	2,322	–	5,870	540	42,701	51,433
Qld	986	–	300	4,840	56,748	62,875
WA	1,347	–	460	1,263	40,449	43,519
SA	1,038	–	240	1,143	25,323	27,744
Tas	591	–	0	449	9,478	10,518
ACT	350	160	36	432	2,146	3,124
NT	295	–	–	226	1,995	2,516
Total	9,608	360	10,324	10,858	256,944	288,093

Table 2A: Staff hours in employment service outlets, by jurisdiction and service type, 2005–06

Jurisdiction	Employment service type
	Open	Supported		Total
Direct Hours
NSW	18,396		36,565	54,961
Vic	13,239		18,593	31,833
Qld	25,963		10,513	36,476
WA	22,113		9,361	31,474
SA	6,087		11,235	17,322
Tas	2,044		4,272	6,316
ACT	892		740	1,632
NT	577		954	1,531
Total	89,311		92,232	181,543
Indirect Hours
NSW	6,013		17,131	23,144
Vic	4,905		5,962	10,868
Qld	17,452		2,821	20,273
WA	3,337		5,639	8,975
SA	1,931		6,070	8,001
Tas	1,109		2,053	3,162
ACT	303		211	514
NT	146		318	464
Total	35,196		40,204	75,401
Total Hours
NSW	24,410		53,696	78,106
Vic	18,145		24,556	42,700
Qld	43,415		13,333	56,748
WA	25,449		15,000	40,449
SA	8,018		17,305	25,323
Tas	3,153		6,325	9,478
ACT	1,195		951	2,146
NT	723		1,272	1,995
Total	124,508		132,436	256,944

Table 3A: All Consumers: Indigenous status by jurisdiction and employment service outlet type, 2005–06

Jurisdiction	Indigenous origin					Total
	Aboriginal Origin	Torres Strait Islander Origin	Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Origin	Not Indigenous	Not Stated
Open
NSW	423	0	0	14,939	22	15,384
Vic	139	0	0	16,001	4	16,144
Qld	452	4	0	12,154	10	12,620
WA	147	1	0	5,130	3	5,281
SA	79	0	0	3,848	12	3,939
Tas	76	0	0	1,510	7	1,593
ACT	3	0	0	759	1	763
NT	43	0	1	276	0	320
Not known	2	0	0	11	7	20
Total	1,364	5	1	54,628	66	56,064
Supported
NSW	167	8	9	7,690	138	8,012
Vic	32	1	1	4,606	98	4,738
Qld	48	8	4	2,194	56	2,310
WA	45	0	3	2,168	45	2,261
SA	27	0	0	2,819	131	2,977
Tas	9	0	0	584	19	612
ACT	2	0	0	214	3	219
NT	41	1	0	75	3	120
Not known	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	371	18	17	20,350	493	21,249
Total
NSW	590	8	9	22,629	160	23,396
Vic	171	1	1	20,607	102	20,882
Qld	500	12	4	14,348	66	14,930
WA	192	1	3	7,298	48	7,542
SA	106	0	0	6,667	143	6,916
Tas	85	0	0	2,094	26	2,205
ACT	5	0	0	973	4	982
NT	84	1	1	351	3	440
Not known	2	0	0	11	7	20
Total	1,735	23	18	74,978	559	77,313

Table 4A: All consumers: country of birth by jurisdiction and employment service type, 2005–06

Jurisdiction	Country of birth				Total
	Australia	Non-English Speaking	Other English Speaking	Not Known
Open
NSW	13,280	1,445	272	387	15,384
Vic	12,272	3,218	308	346	16,144
Qld	10,905	1,008	499	208	12,620
WA	4,294	698	200	89	5,281
SA	3,435	347	44	113	3,939
Tas	1,462	82	8	41	1,593
ACT	650	74	10	29	763
NT	253	39	10	18	320
Not known	14	1	0	5	20
Total	46,565	6,912	1,351	1,236	56,064
Supported
NSW	7,040	427	134	411	8,012
Vic	4,133	164	54	387	4,738
Qld	2,060	114	64	72	2,310
WA	1,638	101	45	477	2,261
SA	2,553	103	57	264	2,977
Tas	547	10	2	53	612
ACT	204	7	1	7	219
NT	103	1	0	16	120
Not known	0	0	0	0	0
Total	18,278	927	357	1,687	21,249
Total
NSW	20,320	1,872	406	798	23,396
Vic	16,405	3,382	362	733	20,882
Qld	12,965	1,122	563	280	14,930
WA	5,932	799	245	566	7,542
SA	5,988	450	101	377	6,916
Tas	2,009	92	10	94	2,205
ACT	854	81	11	36	982
NT	356	40	10	34	440
Not known	14	1	0	5	20
Total	64,843	7,839	1,708	2,923	77,313

Table 5A: All consumers: main language spoken at home by jurisdiction, 2005–06

	English	Italian	Greek	Vietnamese	Chinese	Arabic/ Lebanese	German	Spanish	Other Language	Not known	Total
NSW	22,436	77	62	44	55	56	1	22	411	232	23,396
Vic	19,831	71	48	86	20	12	1	17	610	186	20,882
Qld	14,693	9	2	11	5	1	3	9	144	53	14,930
WA	7,224	22	2	9	13	0	1	8	116	147	7,542
SA	6,708	22	13	4	3	1	0	2	88	75	6,916
Tas	2,185	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	10	2,205
ACT	960	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	12	982
NT	402	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	30	5	440
Not known	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	20
Total	74,452	206	131	156	96	70	6	58	1,411	727	77,313

Table 6A: All consumers: need for interpreter by jurisdiction and employment service type, 2005–06

	For Spoken Language Other than English	For Non-Spoken Communication	No Interpreter	Not Stated	Total
Open
NSW	20	56	15,241	67	15,384
Vic	68	134	15,831	111	16,144
Qld	14	165	12,394	47	12,620
WA	7	94	5,148	32	5,281
SA	1	38	3,879	21	3,939
Tas	1	5	1,579	8	1,593
ACT	1	6	756	0	763
NT	1	2	314	3	320
Not known	0	0	13	7	20
Total	113	500	55,155	296	56,064
Supported
NSW	41	107	7,684	180	8,012
Vic	9	55	4,595	79	4,738
Qld	7	50	2,195	58	2,310
WA	4	41	2,173	43	2,261
SA	16	37	2,868	56	2,977
Tas	0	5	602	5	612
ACT	0	5	205	9	219
NT	1	2	100	17	120
Not known	0	0	0	0	0
Total	78	302	20,422	447	21,249
Total
NSW	61	163	22,925	247	23,396
Vic	77	189	20,426	190	20,882
Qld	21	215	14,589	105	14,930
WA	11	135	7,321	75	7,542
SA	17	75	6,747	77	6,916
Tas	1	10	2,181	13	2,205
ACT	1	11	961	9	982
NT	2	4	414	20	440
Not known	0	0	13	7	20
Total	191	802	75,577	743	77,313

Table 7A: All consumers: employment service type across gender and jurisdiction, 2005–06

	Open	Supported	Total
Male
NSW	9,683	5,137	14,820
Vic	9,987	2,999	12,986
Qld	8,170	1,459	9,629
WA	3,308	1,392	4,700
SA	2,446	1,928	4,374
Tas	1,049	407	1,456
ACT	427	152	579
NT	189	72	261
Not known	12	0	12
Total	35,271	13,546	48,817
Female
NSW	5,691	2,875	8,566
Vic	6,154	1,739	7,893
Qld	4,438	851	5,289
WA	1,968	869	2,837
SA	1,487	1,049	2,536
Tas	537	205	742
ACT	336	67	403
NT	131	48	179
Not known	3	0	3
Total	20,745	7,703	28,448
Not stated
NSW	10	0	10
Vic	4	0	4
Qld	12	0	12
WA	5	0	5
SA	5	0	5
Tas	7	0	7
ACT	0	0	0
NT	0	0	0
Not known	5	0	5
Total	48	0	48
Total
NSW	15,384	8,012	23,396
Vic	16,145	4,738	20,883
Qld	12,620	2,310	14,930
WA	5,281	2,261	7,542
SA	3,938	2,977	6,915
Tas	1,593	612	2,205
ACT	763	219	982
NT	320	120	440
Not known	20	0	20
Total	56,064	21,249	77,313

Table 8A: All consumers: secondary disability by primary disability across employment service type, 2005–06

Primary Disability	Secondary disability
	Intellectual	Specific Learning/ADD	Autism	Physical	Acquired Brain Injury	Neurological	Deafblind	Vision	Hearing	Speech	Psychiatric
Open Employment
Intellectual	115	412	50	601	28	296	4	144	188	246	329
Specific learning/ADD	109	45	22	186	4	75	3	32	42	37	180
Autism	73	90	24	38	2	25	0	11	11	12	79
Physical	196	178	10	73	30	166	7	95	92	87	409
Acquired brain injury	53	52	2	207	25	87	5	48	30	34	96
Neurological	74	85	2	136	15	29	1	28	18	17	88
Deafblind	4	1	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	4	2
Vision	20	24	1	73	9	18	0	16	23	5	36
Hearing	61	27	1	101	6	15	1	38	20	42	35
Speech	12	17	0	10	1	4	0	2	4	4	3
Psychiatric	170	177	8	560	28	80	6	37	38	19	658
Not stated	47	31	6	48	12	25	0	9	2	11	234
Total	934	1,139	129	2,036	161	82	27	460	468	518	2,149
Supported Employment
Intellectual	176	653	190	1,205	51	566	39	610	491	1,126	643
Specific learning/ADD	21	7	1	9	0	6	0	0	4	2	17
Autism	104	30	22	9	2	9	4	9	9	35	25
Physical	344	77	0	68	12	49	3	87	78	126	43
Acquired brain injury	54	17	3	111	9	38	3	36	12	35	28
Neurological	76	15	4	54	7	25	1	18	6	15	20
Deafblind	17	3	0	6	0	13	1	14	13	6	5
Vision	49	4	4	34	4	8	3	7	14	7	5
Hearing	43	17	0	19	4	1	0	0	1	37	9
Speech	4	3	0	5	0	32	54	12	10	8	0
Psychiatric	183	31	8	88	10	0	0	0	0	15	93
Total	1,071	857	232	1,608	99	747	108	793	638	1,412	888
Total
Intellectual	291	1,065	240	1,806	79	862	43	754	679	1,372	972
Specific learning/ADD	130	52	23	195	4	81	3	32	46	39	197
Autism	177	120	46	47	4	34	4	20	20	47	104
Physical	540	255	10	141	42	215	10	182	170	213	452
Acquired brain injury	107	69	5	318	34	125	8	84	42	69	124
Neurological	150	100	6	190	22	54	2	46	24	32	108
Deafblind	21	4	3	9	1	13	1	14	13	10	7
Vision	69	28	5	107	13	26	3	23	37	12	41
Hearing	104	44	1	120	10	16	1	38	21	79	44
Speech	16	20	0	15	1	36	54	14	14	12	3
Psychiatric	353	208	16	648	38	80	6	37	38	34	751
Not stated	1,118	888	238	1,656	111	772	108	802	640	1,423	1,122
Total	2,005	1,996	361	3,644	260	829	135	1,253	1,106	1,930	3,037

Table 9A: All consumers: need for support/assistance by primary disability and life area, 2005–06

Primary Disability	Life area
	Self Care	Mobility	Communication	Interpersonal	Learning	Education	Community	Domestic	Working
Does Not Need Help/Supervision and Does Not Use Aids
Intellectual	12,149	10,824	6,813	3,965	2,674	2,986	333	384	968
Specific Learning/ADD	4,115	3,205	2,297	1,696	1,283	1,369	112	131	464
Autism	1,193	959	611	420	350	392	35	43	130
Physical	6,918	5,511	4,265	3,078	2,327	2,608	214	235	883
Acquired Brain Injury	1,427	1,106	881	615	442	494	44	53	152
Neurological	1,540	1,213	909	632	502	549	34	49	186
Deaf/Blind	74	69	43	24	16	19	3	1	4
Vision	1,265	896	769	610	412	435	112	70	124
Hearing	1,650	1,335	808	658	516	547	64	72	178
Speech	163	131	78	60	44	57	6	5	20
Psychiatric	11,944	10,332	7,076	4,535	3,741	4,273	346	402	1,336
Not stated	2,135	1,542	1,149	888	701	754	63	70	283
Total	44,573	37,123	25,699	17,181	13,008	14,483	1,366	1,515	4,728
Does Not Need Help/Supervision but Uses Aids
Intellectual	652	974	439	309	306	334	9,575	8,921	209
Specific Learning/ADD	177	316	91	81	83	123	2,001	1,552	101
Autism	60	96	28	17	29	38	628	515	26
Physical	386	687	206	174	186	236	3,417	2,729	164
Acquired Brain Injury	81	220	50	20	28	31	796	683	20
Neurological	65	115	42	29	27	47	845	666	25
Deaf/Blind	2	3	1	1	3	3	51	47	2
Vision	132	176	72	60	69	121	603	554	62
Hearing	79	98	57	52	55	63	797	634	33
Speech	7	20	6	6	4	6	93	67	3
Psychiatric	530	780	336	240	264	314	6,437	5,118	211
Not stated	106	280	50	40	40	62	855	705	47
Total	2,277	3,765	1,378	1,029	1,094	1,378	26,098	22,191	903
Sometimes Needs Help/Supervision
Intellectual	8,331	6,581	10,892	12,838	13,188	10,436	4,570	3,795	14,204
Specific Learning/ADD	1,140	1,158	2,285	2,775	3,114	2,728	288	238	3,814
Autism	478	402	803	920	974	807	240	207	1,122
Physical	1,988	2,053	3,987	5,025	5,511	4,687	743	730	6,749
Acquired Brain Injury	562	544	954	1,178	1,250	1,050	276	252	1,460
Neurological	499	517	938	1,165	1,245	1,044	164	164	1,478
Deaf/Blind	45	35	64	84	87	69	23	20	93
Vision	396	506	793	939	1,104	865	91	102	1,333
Hearing	452	452	954	1,127	1,242	1,071	135	106	1,556
Speech	56	53	116	128	149	117	22	18	171
Psychiatric	3,912	3,940	7,682	9,558	9,980	7,913	1,471	1,225	11,595
Not stated	568	533	1,159	1,475	1,615	1,230	91	84	1,995
Total	18,427	16,774	30,627	37,212	39,459	32,017	8,114	6,941	45,570
Unable to Do/Always Needs Help/Supervision
Intellectual	1,505	2,521	2,911	3,823	4,932	6,323	5,014	5,204	5,818
Specific Learning/ADD	86	206	253	299	411	478	1,855	1,887	556
Autism	68	136	171	236	246	295	640	656	341
Physical	460	665	517	602	899	1,057	2,836	2,930	1,255
Acquired Brain Injury	111	178	158	210	317	366	610	630	416
Neurological	62	114	106	152	218	266	560	577	324
Deaf/Blind	9	19	18	15	19	27	37	37	26
Vision	69	112	69	80	110	141	570	612	168
Hearing	28	97	171	136	174	213	614	641	251
Speech	6	14	22	20	22	26	56	64	26
Psychiatric	536	807	925	1,507	1,963	2,282	5,540	5,834	2,965
Not stated	37	68	73	97	156	213	1,280	1,238	244
Total	2,977	4,937	5,394	7,177	9,467	11,687	19,612	20,310	12,390
Not Known
Intellectual	1,908	3,645	3,490	3,610	3,445	4,466	5,053	6,241	3,346
Specific Learning/ADD	842	1,475	1,434	1,509	1,469	1,662	2,104	2,552	1,425
Autism	309	515	495	515	509	576	565	687	489
Physical	1,370	2,206	2,147	2,243	2,199	2,534	3,912	4,498	2,071
Acquired Brain Injury	293	426	431	451	437	533	748	856	426
Neurological	234	441	405	422	408	494	797	944	387
Deaf/Blind	15	19	19	21	20	27	31	40	20
Vision	207	379	366	380	374	507	693	731	382
Hearing	243	470	462	479	465	558	842	999	434
Speech	28	42	38	46	41	54	83	106	40
Psychiatric	2,910	3,973	3,813	3,992	3,884	5,050	6,038	7,253	3,725
Not stated	700	1,123	1,115	1,046	1,034	1,287	1,257	1,449	977
Total	9,059	14,714	14,215	14,714	14,285	17,748	22,123	26,356	13,722
Total
Intellectual	24,545	24,545	24,545	24,545	24,545	24,545	24,545	24,545	24,545
Specific Learning/ADD	6,360	6,360	6,360	6,360	6,360	6,360	6,360	6,360	6,360
Autism	2,108	2,108	2,108	2,108	2,108	2,108	2,108	2,108	2,108
Physical	11,122	11,122	11,122	11,122	11,122	11,122	11,122	11,122	11,122
Acquired Brain Injury	2,474	2,474	2,474	2,474	2,474	2,474	2,474	2,474	2,474
Neurological	2,400	2,400	2,400	2,400	2,400	2,400	2,400	2,400	2,400
Deaf/Blind	145	145	145	145	145	145	145	145	145
Vision	2,069	2,069	2,069	2,069	2,069	2,069	2,069	2,069	2,069
Hearing	2,452	2,452	2,452	2,452	2,452	2,452	2,452	2,452	2,452
Speech	260	260	260	260	260	260	260	260	260
Psychiatric	19,832	19,832	19,832	19,832	19,832	19,832	19,832	19,832	19,832
Not stated	3,546	3,546	3,546	3,546	3,546	3,546	3,546	3,546	3,546
Total	77,313	77,313	77,313	77,313	77,313	77,313	77,313	77,313	77,313

Table 10A: All consumers: need for support/assistance by employment service type and life area, 2005–06

Employment service type	Life area
	Self Care	Mobility	Communication	Interpersonal	Learning	Education	Community	Domestic	Working
Does Not Need Help/Supervision and Does not Use Aids
Open	36,536	28,843	20,662	15,174	12,205	13,391	1,075	1,231	4,488
Supported	8,037	8,280	5,037	2,007	803	1,092	291	284	240
Total	44,573	37,123	25,699	17,181	13,008	14,483	1,366	1,515	4,728
Does Not Need Help/Supervision but Uses Aids
Open	1,637	2,985	986	739	847	1,099	16,834	12,763	767
Supported	640	780	392	290	247	279	9,264	9,428	136
Total	2,277	3,765	1,378	1,029	1,094	1,378	26,098	22,191	903
Sometimes Needs Help/Supervision
Open	9,951	9,812	20,028	24,894	27,186	22,879	2,279	1,864	34,060
Supported	8,476	6,962	10,599	12,318	12,273	9,138	5,835	5,077	11,510
Total	18,427	16,774	30,627	37,212	39,459	32,017	8,114	6,941	45,570
Unable to do/Always Needs Help/Supervision
Open	819	1,640	1,830	2,326	3,192	3,822	16,291	16,683	4,612
Supported	2,158	3,297	3,564	4,851	6,275	7,865	3,321	3,627	7,778
Total	2,977	4,937	5,394	7,177	9,467	11,687	19,612	20,310	12,390
Not Known
Open	7,121	12,784	12,558	12,931	12,634	14,873	19,585	23,523	12,137
Supported	1,938	1,930	1,657	1,783	1,651	2,875	2,538	2,833	1,585
Total	9,059	14,714	14,215	14,714	14,285	17,748	22,123	26,356	13,722
Total
Open	56,064	56,064	56,064	56,064	56,064	56,064	56,064	56,064	56,064
Supported	21,249	21,249	21,249	21,249	21,249	21,249	21,249	21,249	21,249
Total	77,313	77,313	77,313	77,313	77,313	77,313	77,313	77,313	77,313

Table 11A: Employed consumers: basis of employment by employment service type and jurisdiction, 30 June 2006

Basis of employment	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Not known	Total
Open
Full time-permanent	1,119	962	882	362	281	141	46	15	0	3,808
Part time-permanent	2,115	1,998	2,104	903	589	195	92	36	1	8,033
Casual-permanent	118	196	230	95	38	2	2	0	0	681
Seasonal-permanent	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	6
Full time-temporary	10	23	30	14	6	1	0	0	0	84
Part time-temporary	17	37	29	6	4	3	0	0	0	96
Casual-temporary	67	52	85	67	16	3	1	0	0	291
Seasonal-temporary	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	6
Not known	732	399	368	239	148	62	45	12	0	2,005
Total	4,181	3,667	3,730	1,690	1,085	407	186	63	1	15,010
Supported
Full time-permanent	2,129	907	478	449	878	198	18	29	0	5,086
Part time-permanent	3,160	1,964	1,054	1,382	1,225	251	157	57	0	9,250
Casual-permanent	150	232	50	0	114	4	1	0	0	551
Seasonal-permanent	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Full time-temporary	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Part time-temporary	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	7
Casual-temporary	2	1	0	0	4	0	9	0	0	16
Seasonal-temporary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Not known	736	560	200	12	134	30	3	1	0	1,676
Total	6,178	3,665	1,784	1,845	2,356	483	189	87	0	16,587
Total
Full time-permanent	3,248	1,869	1,360	811	1,159	339	64	44	0	8,894
Part time-permanent	5,275	3,962	3,158	2,285	1,814	446	249	93	1	17,283
Casual-permanent	268	428	280	95	152	6	3	0	0	1,232
Seasonal-permanent	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	6
Full time-temporary	10	23	30	15	6	1	0	0	0	85
Part time-temporary	18	38	31	7	5	3	1	0	0	103
Casual-temporary	69	53	85	67	20	3	10	0	0	307
Seasonal-temporary	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	6
Not known	1,468	959	568	251	282	92	48	13	0	3,681
Total	10,359	7,332	5,514	3,535	3,441	890	375	150	1	31,597

Table 12A: Employed consumers: weekly wage by weekly hours across employment service type, 30 June 2006

Weekly wage	Weekly hours							Total
	<8	8–15	16–30		31–40	>40	Not stated
Open
No Wage	10	3	2		2	1	1	19
$1–$20	31	24	17		13	3	2	90
$21–$40	105	505	39		6	5	3	663
$41–$60	65	698	83		16	12	0	874
$61–$80	27	1,067	178		16	27	3	1,318
$81–$100	8	542	220		47	9	6	832
$101–$150	21	916	831		393	63	20	2,244
$151–$200	5	274	709		387	67	20	1,462
$201–$250	3	148	376		677	85	15	1,304
$251–$300	3	64	240		641	118	18	1,084
$301–$350	7	15	167		380	86	4	659
$351–$400	1	16	138		191	64	7	417
$401–$450	1	5	76		162	38	12	294
$451–$500	1	10	34		170	35	4	254
>$500	13	94	97		696	219	42	1,161
Not known	833	209	134		235	66	858	2,335
Total	1,134	4,590	3,341		4,032	898	1,015	15,010
Supported
No Wage	3	0	0	2		0	2	7
$1–$20	63	968	475	164		0	48	1,718
$21–$40	42	982	1,324	1,088		6	89	3,531
$41–$60	29	345	961	1,427		4	76	2,842
$61–$80	32	199	649	1,933		1	98	2,912
$81–$100	19	91	279	969		2	30	1,390
$101–$150	21	131	342	1,235		6	20	1,755
$151–$200	8	25	92	438		2	10	575
$201–$250	2	13	37	161		1	2	216
$251–$300	2	3	24	76		0	1	106
$301–$350	1	1	12	38		1	1	54
$351–$400	2	0	4	35		0	0	41
$401–$450	1	0	2	9		0	0	12
$451–$500	0	0	1	6		0	0	7
>$500	1	1	0	25		0	3	30
Not known	0	39	37	102		2	1,211	1,391
Total	226	2,798	4,239	7,708		25	1,591	16,587
Total
No Wage	13	3	2	4		1	3	26
$1–$20	94	992	492	177		3	50	1,808
$21–$40	147	1,487	1,363	1,094		11	92	4,194
$41–$60	94	1,043	1,044	1,443		16	76	3,716
$61–$80	59	1,266	827	1,949		28	101	4,230
$81–$100	27	633	499	1,016		11	36	2,222
$101–$150	42	1,047	1,173	1,628		69	40	3,999
$151–$200	13	299	801	825		69	30	2,037
$201–$250	5	161	413	838		86	17	1,520
$251–$300	5	67	264	717		118	19	1,190
$301–$350	8	16	179	418		87	5	713
$351–$400	3	16	142	226		64	7	458
$401–$450	2	5	78	171		38	12	306
$451–$500	1	10	35	176		35	4	261
>$500	14	95	97	721		219	45	1,191
Not known	833	248	171	337		68	2,069	3,726
Total	1,360	7,388	7,580	11,740		923	2,606	31,597

Table 13A: Employed consumers: weekly wage by employment service type across census years (2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001)

Weekly wage	Open	Supported	Total
2006
No Wage	19	7	26
$1–$20	90	1,718	1,808
$21–$40	663	3,531	4,194
$41–$60	874	2,842	3,716
$61–$80	1,318	2,912	4,230
$81–$100	832	1,390	2,222
$101–$150	2,244	1,755	3,999
$151–$200	1,462	575	2,037
$201–$250	1,304	216	1,520
$251–$300	1,084	106	1,190
$301–$350	659	54	713
$351–$400	417	41	458
$401–$450	294	12	306
$451–$500	254	7	261
>$500	1,161	30	1,191
Not known	2,335	1,391	3,726
Total	15,010	16,587	31,597

Weekly 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
$150–$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

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