|
|
Units |
Years |
NSW |
Vic. |
Qld |
SA |
WA |
Tas. |
NT(a) |
ACT |
Aust. |
|
1 |
School students(b) |
'000 |
2002 |
1,105 |
814 |
620 |
249 |
335 |
82 |
37 |
61 |
3,302 |
2 |
Students in government schools(b) |
% |
2002 |
68.2 |
65.5 |
71.0 |
68.3 |
69.7 |
74.7 |
76.9 |
61.5 |
68.4 |
3 |
Females - of all Year 11 and 12 students(b) |
% |
2002 |
51.9 |
52.2 |
50.6 |
51.6 |
50.6 |
52.7 |
50.9 |
49.5 |
51.5 |
4 |
Year 12 apparent retention rate - males(b) |
% |
2002 |
64.9 |
73.4 |
77.4 |
61.1 |
69.3 |
66.0 |
48.9 |
87.1 |
69.8 |
5 |
Year 12 apparent retention rate - females(b) |
% |
2002 |
75.1 |
88.7 |
85.5 |
72.6 |
78.3 |
79.4 |
57.1 |
89.1 |
80.7 |
6 |
Education participation - of all aged 15-19 |
% |
2002 |
78.9 |
82.6 |
72.5 |
76.7 |
69.5 |
71.1 |
82.0 |
84.1 |
77.3 |
7 |
Education participation - of all aged 20-24 |
% |
2002 |
37.5 |
42.3 |
33.0 |
35.5 |
33.2 |
28.0 |
26.0 |
43.0 |
37.2 |
8 |
Vocational Education and Training (VET) students |
'000 |
2001 |
604.7 |
471.7 |
320.4 |
144.0 |
136.4 |
35.3 |
22.6 |
21.6 |
1,756.8 |
9 |
Apprentices and trainees |
'000 |
2002 |
102.7 |
120.5 |
61.8 |
30.7 |
21.9 |
12.7 |
2.5 |
4.2 |
357.0 |
10 |
Females - of all VET students |
% |
2001 |
51.1 |
47.3 |
48.7 |
50.3 |
46.4 |
44.2 |
46.9 |
47.2 |
49.0 |
11 |
VET students - of all aged 15-24 |
% |
2002 |
12.2 |
13.2 |
11.8 |
12.7 |
11.4 |
13.1 |
*4.8 |
*12.0 |
12.3 |
12 |
Higher education students(c)(d) |
'000 |
2002 |
253.7 |
205.7 |
151.4 |
53.9 |
78.1 |
14.4 |
5.4 |
21.6 |
795.0 |
13 |
Females - of all higher education students(c)(d) |
% |
2002 |
54.6 |
54.3 |
54.6 |
57.0 |
56.3 |
50.7 |
64.5 |
50.8 |
54.9 |
14 |
Overseas students - of all higher education students(c)(d) |
% |
2002 |
17.8 |
20.8 |
17.4 |
17.6 |
20.7 |
8.4 |
4.7 |
15.2 |
18.3 |
15 |
Higher education students - of all aged 15-24 |
% |
2002 |
19.9 |
22.7 |
18.2 |
17.1 |
18.7 |
9.5 |
*14.3 |
24.8 |
19.8 |
|
| | | Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT(a) | ACT | Aust. |
|
| With non-school educational qualifications of all persons aged 15-64 | | | | | | | | | | | |
16 | | Of all aged 15-64(e)(f) | % | 2002 | 49.8 | 47.8 | 46.0 | 45.6 | 50.1 | 41.6 | 50.0 | 55.6 | 48.2 |
17 | | Bachelor degree or above | % | 2002 | 18.9 | 19.6 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 16.7 | 11.4 | 17.8 | 30.5 | 17.8 |
18 | | Advanced diploma and diploma or below(f) | % | 2002 | 30.9 | 28.2 | 31.0 | 31.6 | 33.4 | 30.2 | 32.3 | 25.1 | 30.4 |
19 | | Females - all with non-school educational qualifications | % | 2002 | 47.6 | 46.5 | 46.7 | 45.5 | 45.8 | 45.4 | 45.5 | 48.8 | 46.8 |
| With non-school educational qualifications of all persons aged 25-64 | | | | | | | | | | | |
20 | | Of all aged 25-64(e)(f) | % | 2002 | 56.6 | 53.8 | 51.6 | 50.7 | 56.2 | 46.8 | 55.4 | 63.6 | 54.4 |
21 | | Bachelor degree or above | % | 2002 | 21.8 | 22.3 | 17.4 | 16.0 | 19.4 | 13.6 | 20.0 | 35.5 | 20.4 |
22 | | Advanced diploma and diploma or below(f) | % | 2002 | 34.8 | 31.5 | 34.2 | 34.6 | 36.8 | 33.2 | 35.4 | 28.2 | 33.9 |
23 | Higher education students completing courses(d) | '000 | 2001 | 58.1 | 52.5 | 31.1 | 12.8 | 18.3 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 6.1 | 186.5 |
| Without non-school educational qualifications | | | | | | | | | | | |
24 | | Of all aged 15-64(e) | % | 2002 | 50.2 | 52.2 | 54.0 | 54.4 | 49.9 | 58.4 | 50.0 | 44.4 | 51.8 |
25 | | Did not complete highest level of secondary school | % | 2002 | 33.6 | 34.3 | 36.6 | 39.8 | 33.2 | 46.7 | 35.6 | 23.7 | 34.9 |
| Reading - proportion of Year 5 students reaching national benchmarks | | | | | | | | | | | |
26 | | Males | % | 2000 | 87.1 | 90.6 | 75.1 | 82.2 | 92.4 | 78.7 | 69.3 | 93.0 | 85.2 |
27 | | Females | % | 2000 | 91.2 | 93.7 | 81.7 | 86.7 | 94.9 | 84.3 | 73.1 | 98.7 | 89.6 |
| Numeracy - proportion of Year 5 students reaching national benchmarks | | | | | | | | | | | |
28 | | Males | % | 2000 | 90.8 | 94.1 | 86.0 | 83.1 | 87.5 | 87.9 | 74.5 | 91.0 | 89.4 |
29 | | Females | % | 2000 | 91.5 | 94.4 | 87.0 | 82.7 | 87.5 | 87.2 | 73.7 | 91.6 | 89.8 |
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