NG LifeMag EMAG December 2023 - Flipbook - Page 39
Disability in Australia
Source: Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia survey 2018, Australian Bureau of Statistics www.abs.gov.au/disability
4.4 million people
with disability live in Australia.
33%
1 in 3 people with disability
have severe or profound disability.
1 in 10 people with disability have
experienced discrimination.
53%
53% of people with disability
aged 15-64 have a job.
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DSS3017.06.23
Nearly half of all older persons
in Australia live with disability.