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Number of young people

• 1878 young people in 2011 • 15 to 24 years - 97 visitors (7.662%) on Census Night not from Esperance Urban Centre.

Relationship Status

• 15 to 19 years – 3 registered marriage (0.489%), 25 defacto (4.072%) and 586 not married • 20 to 24 years – 41 in registered marriage (9.051%), 134 defacto (29.581%) and 278 not married

Indigenous and Non-Indigenous

• 10 to 14 years – 63 Indigenous (8.067%), 665 non-indigenous and 53 not-stated • 15 to 19 years – 47 Indigenous(6.351%), 639 non-indigenous and 54 not-stated • 20 to 24 years – 37 Indigenous (6.916%), 464 non-indigenous and 34 not-stated

Education

• 583 attend government Secondary schools (92.247%), 0 at Catholic Schools and 49 at nongovernment schools (7.753%) • 15 to 24 years at Tech or Further education – 11 Full-time and 68 Part-time students • 15 to 24 years at University or other tertiary Institution – 15 Full-time and 9 Part-time students

Highest Year of School completed (must no longer be attending school to respond)

• 15 to 19 years – year 12, 40%; year 11, 22.078%; year 10, 20%; year 9, 3.636% and 14.286% not stated • 20 to 24 years – year 12, 49.438%; year 11, 19.663%; year 10, 17.978%; year 9, 2.434%; 3 did not go to school, 0.562% and 9.925% not stated

Personal Weekly Income

• 15 to 19 years – Nil, 26.622%; $1-$199, 27.973%; $400-$599, 12.703%, $200-$299, 7.297%, $300 to $399, 7.027%; $600-$799, 3.378%, $800-$999, 1.486% and $1250-$1499 and $2000+, 0.405%. No person in this age bracket earned $1000-$1249 or $1500-$1999. Not stated represented 12.703% • 20 to 24 years – $600-$799, 19.85%; $400-$599, 17.978%; $800-$999, 11.236%; $200-$299, 8.989%; $1000-$1249, 7.303%; $1-$199 and $300-$399, 6.554%; and $1250-$1499, 4.869%; $1000-$1999, 2.996% and $2000+, 2.434%. Nil, 2.06%. Not stated represented 9.176%

Voluntary work for an organisation or group

• 15 to 19 years - males, 60 (16.575%); not a volunteer, 254; and not stated, 48; and females 80 (21.108%); not a volunteer, 256; and not stated, 43. 10.796% acknowledged they volunteered. • 20 to 24 years - males, 47 (18.55%); not a volunteer, 185; and not stated, 21; and females 39 (13.83%); not a volunteer, 217; and not stated, 26. 16.075% acknowledged they volunteered.

Unpaid assistance to a person with a disability

• 15 to 19 years – Unpaid assistance, 25 (3.378%); no unpaid assistance provided 620 and not stated, 95 • 20 to 24 years – Unpaid assistance, 23 (4.299%); no unpaid assistance provided 465 and not stated, 47

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Number of children ever born by age of parent

• From 15 to 19 years 12 people had one child and 4 had six or more. Not stated, 32 • From 20 to 24 years 38 people had one child, 32 had two children, 3 had three children and 3 had 4 children. Not stated, 24.

Non-School Qualification: Level of education by gender for 15 to 24 years

• Bachelor Degrees – 7 males and 21 females and 19 females had also completed an Advanced

Diploma or Diploma • Certificate III or IV – 116 males compared to 65 females; and Certificate I or II – 15 males to 42 females, 3 males and 16 females did not define the level they had completed

Non-School Qualification: Field of Study by gender for 15 to 24 years

• 72 (33.488%) males completed Engineering and related Technologies; 37 (17.209%) Architecture and Building; 11 (5.116%) Agriculture, Environment and Related Studies; 7 (3.256%) Society and

Culture plus Food, Hospitality and Personal Services; 6 (2.791%) Creative Arts; and 4 (1.86%)

Management and Commerce (71 were not stated) • 46 (20.721%) females completed Management and Commerce; 42 (18.919%) Food, Hospitality and

Personal Services; 22 (9.91%) Society and Culture; 15 (6.757%) Health; 12 (5.405%) Education; 11 (4.955%) Creative Arts; and 10 (4.505%) Agriculture, Environment and Related Studies (64 not stated or inadequately stated)

Labour Force Status by age

• 15 to 19 years – 146 (19.73%) were employed full time; 213(28.784%) are part-time; 21 (2.838%) work away for work; 9 did not state hours; 48 (6.486%) were unemployed; 252 (34.054%) not in labour force; and 51 not stated • 20 to 24 years – 252 (47.191%) were employed full time; 92 (17.228%) are part-time; 19 (3.558%) work away for work; 15 did not state hours; 32 (5.993%) were unemployed; 83 (15.543%) not in labour force; and 41 not stated

Industry of Employment by age

• 15 to 19 years – 107 (27.296%) in Retail Trade; 88 (22.449%) in Accommodation and Food

Services; 44 (11.224%) in Construction; 26 (6.633%) in Manufacturing; 13 (3.316%) in wholesale trade; 12 (3.061%) in Transport, Postal and Warehousing and others less than 3% • 20 to 24 years – 57 (15.119%) in Retail Trade; 43 (11.406%) in Construction; 35 (9.284%) in

Accommodation and Food Services; 32 (8.488%) in Manufacturing; 22 (5.836%) in Healthcare and social assistance; 19 (5.04%) in Transport, Postal and Warehousing; 18 (4.775) in (3.316%) in wholesale trade and in Education and Training; 16 (4.244%) in Mining; 13 (3.448%) in

Administration and safety and in Financial and insurance services and others less than 3%

Occupation by age

• 15 to 19 years – 129 (32.824%) are sales workers; 85 (21.628%) are Labourers; 82 (20.865%) are Technicians and Trade Workers; 43 (10.941%) are Community and Personal Service Workers; 29 (7.379%) are Clerical and Administrative Workers and others are less than 3% • 20 to 24 years – 104 (27.66%) are Technicians and Trade Workers; 59 (15.691%) are Labourers; 56 (14.894%) are sales workers; 40 (10.638%) are Community and Personal Service Workers; 38 (10.106%) are Clerical and Administrative Workers; 35 (9.309%) are professionals; 24 (6.383%) are Machinery operators and drivers; and 20 (5.319%) are Managers.

References

Australian Bureau of Statistics 2001, ‘Esperance, WA (UCL508800) (Urban Centre-Locality’), Basic Community Profile, viewed 1 April 2015, www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2001/communityprofile/ UCL508800?opendocument&navpos=220

Australian Bureau of Statistics 2006, ‘Esperance, WA (UCL508800) (Urban Centre-Locality’), Basic Community Profile, viewed 1 April 2015, www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/ census/2006/communityprofile/UCL508800?opendocument&navpos=220

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Shire of Esperance, date n/a, ‘Authors Mahoney L. & Dobbin G.’ Youth Needs Analysis Study. Available from: Shire of Esperance, 2 April 2015.

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