This statistic depicts selected difficulties finding work for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons in Australia in the financial year 2015, by age. That year, about 48.2 percent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia aged 15 to 24 years found it difficult to find work due to the lack of jobs in their local area that were in line of works. The number of indigenous people aged 35 to 44 years that mentioned the same problem as a barrier to employment was with 65.3 percent even higher.
Selected difficulties finding work for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons in Australia in the financial year 2015, by age
Characteristic
15–24 years
25–34 years
35–44 years
45–54 years*
55 years and over*
Total
No jobs in local area or line of work/No jobs at all
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (April 28, 2016). Selected difficulties finding work for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons in Australia in the financial year 2015, by age [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 16, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/916373/australia-barriers-to-employment-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-by-age/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Selected difficulties finding work for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons in Australia in the financial year 2015, by age ." Chart. April 28, 2016. Statista. Accessed October 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/916373/australia-barriers-to-employment-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-by-age/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2016). Selected difficulties finding work for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons in Australia in the financial year 2015, by age . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/916373/australia-barriers-to-employment-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-by-age/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Selected Difficulties Finding Work for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Persons in Australia in The Financial Year 2015, by Age ." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Apr 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/916373/australia-barriers-to-employment-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-by-age/
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Selected difficulties finding work for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons in Australia in the financial year 2015, by age Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/916373/australia-barriers-to-employment-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-by-age/ (last visited October 16, 2024)
Selected difficulties finding work for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons in Australia in the financial year 2015, by age [Graph], Australian Bureau of Statistics, April 28, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/916373/australia-barriers-to-employment-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-by-age/