While some effects of COVID-19 on young people are emerging, it is important to note that the full impact is complex and not yet fully understood. This compares with 15% of Australians aged 18 and over. In May 2020, just over 1 in 4 (28%) young people aged 18–24 reported not being able to pay their rent and/or mortgage on time in the previous 3 months.Young people were under-represented in JobKeeper coverage, which may reflect their considerably higher receipt of income support payments than other age groups. Of all employees who received the JobKeeper Payment in April 2020, 12% were aged 24 or under.The unemployment rate was 11% in April 2021. The monthly unemployment rate for young people aged 15–24 rose from 12% in March 2020 to a peak of 16.4% in July 2020.As at April 2021, the employment ratio of young people was 61% compared with 60% in March 2020. From May 2020, the employment ratio of young people aged 15–24 generally increased. The proportion of young people not in education or employment rose from 8.7% in May 2019 to 12% in May 2020 and has since decreased to 11% in February 2021, a similar rate to February 2020 (10%).īetween March 2020 and May 2020, the proportion of all young people aged 15–24 who were employed (the employment ratio) dropped by 10 percentage points (60% to 50%, a decrease of 329,000 young people).In April 2021, psychological distress of young Australians was significantly below what it was in April 2020 but was still higher than in February 2017. Compared with February 2017, psychological distress worsened in April 2020 for those aged 18 to 24.The easing of restrictions across much of the country at the end of June 2020 brought more structure and connectedness to young people’s lives. The proportion for young people in Melbourne was higher, at 55%, but still lower than April levels. In July–August 2020, among young people aged 13–17, 42% said the pandemic and response had negatively affected their social connectedness, a drop from 70% in April 2020.Of the 910 COVID-19-related deaths in Australia since the pandemic began 1 was in the 20–29 age group.In 2021, across all 5-year age groups in the population, rates of confirmed cases have been highest among those aged 30–34, followed by those aged 35–39, and those aged 25–29. Between January and 16 June 2021, there were 187 cases among young people aged 15 to 24, making up 9.7% of the total 1,929 cases during this period. During 2020, rates of confirmed cases of COVID-19 among those aged 20–24 and those aged 25–29 (168 and 183 per 100,000 people, respectively) were higher than all other age groups, except 85 years and over (279 per 100,000).The COVID-19 pandemic has affected young people across several life domains, many of which are interrelated.
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