Australia’s disability strategy 2021–2031 outcomes framework: 2nd annual report

An overview of the progress being made 18 months after the start of the Strategy. The report examines 85 measures across seven outcome areas to track changes for people with disabilities in Australia over the life of the Strategy. Since the last annual report, 22 of the measures that were previously reported have updated. Of these, 7 show progress, 7 show no change and 8 show regress.

The report also includes seven new community attitudes measures collected for the first time in 2022. 

Key findings

• Around 31,200 valid claims were created for a 52-week employment outcome by a person with disability in 2022–23 compared to baseline (16,600 in 2020–21).
• Almost 6 in 10 (59%) VET graduates with disability were employed on completion of training in 2022 compared with around 5 in 10 at baseline (52% in 2021).
• The gap between completion rates for domestic VET students with disability aged 15–64 and for those without disability widened from 6 percentage points for cohort 2017–2021 to 7 percentage points for cohort 2018–2022.
• The digital inclusion gap between people with disability and the Australian population widened from 9.1 points in 2021 to 11.7 points in 2022.
• Just over 3 in 4 (77%) employer responses were positive about the benefits of employing people with disability in 2022.
• Only 1 in 5 (19%) people with disability felt represented in leadership roles in 2022.
• Just over 1 in 2 (54%) people with disability felt valued and respected in their community in 2022.