Table 1 People not in the labour force by carer status, age group and sex, of 37 186 Australians aged 15–64 years surveyed in 2009
No. not in labour force in survey group | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age group (years) | Men | Women | All | |||||||||
Primary carers* | Not carers | Primary carers* | Not carers | Primary carers* | Not carers | |||||||
n | Wt n (%)^ | n | Wt n (%)^ | n | Wt n (%)^ | n | Wt n (%)^ | n | Wt n (%)^ | n | Wt n (%)^ | |
15-24 | 6 | 2 536 (34.3) | 1 083 | 391 330 (27.7) | 20 | 5 842 (54.4) | 1 061 | 379 885 (28.3) | 26 | 8 378 (46.2) | 1515 | 771 215 (28.0) |
25–34 | 3 | 1 802 (18.6) | 222 | 88 338 (6.2) | 55 | 17 947 (43.5) | 810 | 289 033 (21.5) | 58 | 19 749 (38.8) | 629 | 377 371 (13.6) |
35–44 | 23 | 9 492 (37.8) | 228 | 79 501 (5.9) | 115 | 40 824 (46.6) | 810 | 268 616 (21.1) | 138 | 50 316 (44.7) | 505 | 348 117 (13.3) |
45–54 | 43 | 14 606 (30.4) | 312 | 103 789 (8.5) | 109 | 37 531 (46.1) | 603 | 200 817 (17.5) | 152 | 52 137 (44.7) | 527 | 304 606 (12.8) |
55-64 | 83 | 26 783 (51.6) | 731 | 242 927 (24.8) | 172 | 57 790 (70.1) | 1 261 | 408 195 (44.5) | 254 | 84 573 (62.9) | 575 | 651 122 (34.3) |
Total | 158 (42.8) | 55 219 (42.6) | 2 576 (14.2) | 905 885 (14.2) | 471 (52.4) | 159 934 (52.7) | 4 545 (25.5) | 1 546 546 (25.6) | 628 (49.5) | 215 153 (49.7) | 7 121 (19.8) | 2 452 431(19.7) |