Education
Early school leavers experience social exclusion at close to three times the rate of those who have completed Year 12.
Inadequate education and skills are strongly linked to social exclusion in Australia. In measuring social exclusion we found that early school leavers, those with Year 11 or below, experience social exclusion at nearly three times the rate of those who complete Year 12 – 49% compared to 19%.
The situation has not improved much despite a decade of economic growth, which reinforces the importance of education and training as a pathway out of social exclusion and into full involvement in the community.
As well, one in 9 (11%) of the early school leavers experience deep social exclusion, more than three times the rate of those who have Year 12.
In the graph below, ‘all social exclusion’ refers to the total of marginal social exclusion and deep social exclusion. The second graph shows deep exclusion only.
To copy this graph for your own use, right-click on the image (or control-click on a Mac) and paste the graph into your document. Please credit 'The Brotherhood of St Laurence and the Melbourne Institute 2012'.
See data table for this graph and note on updated indicators.
To copy this graph for your own use, right-click on the image (or control-click on a Mac) and paste the graph into your document. Please credit 'The Brotherhood of St Laurence and the Melbourne Institute 2012'.
See data table for this graph and note on updated indicators.
The social exclusion monitor is the work of the Brotherhood of St Laurence and the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (MIAESR). This page was updated using analysis of Wave 10 of the HILDA Survey in November 2012.