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b) The following table, sourced from the ABS publication Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia: Summary of Findings released on 5 February 2020, provides a breakdown of the estimated number of people with a disability in the ACT by age group:
|
Age Group (years) |
Number with reported disability (estimate) |
|
0–4 |
1,100* |
|
5–14 |
8,100 |
|
15–24 |
7,100 |
|
25–34 |
4,800** |
|
35–44 |
10,300 |
|
45–54 |
8,400 |
|
55–59 |
6,400 |
|
60–64 |
6,200 |
|
65–69 |
7,100 |
|
70–74 |
6,500 |
|
75–79 |
4,300 |
|
80–84 |
4,000 |
|
85–89 |
2,600** |
|
90 and over |
2,800 |
|
* The ABS note that this estimate has a relative standard error greater than 50% and is considered too unreliable for general use. | |
|
** The ABS note that these estimates have a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution. | |
(6) The ABS does not provide data on the number of culturally and linguistically diverse people with disability in the ACT, however, information about the characteristics of NDIS participants in the ACT is available through the most recent NDIS Quarterly Report to Disability Ministers, published on the NDIA website. Of the 7909 NDIS participants as at 30 September 2020 there were 858 active NDIS participants who identified as culturally and linguistically diverse, equating to 10.8 per cent of total NDIS participants in the ACT.
(7) The ABS does not provide data on the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability in the ACT, however, information about the characteristics of NDIS participants in the ACT is available through the most recent NDIS Quarterly Report to Disability Ministers, published on the NDIA website. Of the 7909 NDIS participants as at 30 September 2020 there were 330 people who identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, equating to 4.2 percent of total NDIS participants in the ACT.
(8) The ABS does not provide data on the disability characteristics, numbers or types experienced by each person with disability. There is information available from the NDIS Quarterly Report to Disability Ministers, published on the NDIA website, that provides information about disability characteristics, along with the number of people of NDIS participants in the ACT. The following table outlines the disability type and numbers of people experiencing each type in the ACT who access the NDIS, at 30 September 2020.
The 7909 people with disability accessing the NDIS are a subset of the 80,000 people with disability in the ACT.
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