Thursday, August 20, 2015

Young Australians increasingly jobless, unmarried and living at home

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) report finds young people struggling to find full-time work, despite higher levels of education

Young Australians are better educated than in the past but more likely to be unemployed, unmarried and living at home with their parents, a snapshot of demographic trends has found.

More young people are joining the dole queue, with the youth unemployment rate increasing from 8.8% in 2008 to 13.3% in 2014, according to the biennial welfare report card from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).

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