The Asquith Group Case Study: Some Statistics

21% of young people in Australia do not complete secondary school. (Deloitte Access Economics, 2012) In Victoria an estimated 10,000 school-age people disengage early from education every year. Young people who do not finish school are far more likely to be unemployed into their 20s and beyond than their contemporaries. In 2011, about 35 per cent of 20-24 year old Victorians whose highest level of school attainment was Year 11 or below were either unemployed or had withdrawn entirely from the workforce or study.