4221.0 - Schools, Australia, 2007

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1 SCHOOLS(a), By category of school

			NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Australia
			no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.

Government
	1997		2 186	1 661	1 309	641	767	222	144	99	7 029
	2002		2 191	1 623	1 291	610	775	214	150	95	6 949
	2005		2 194	1 613	1 280	605	777	213	151	96	6 929
	2006		2 187	1 605	1 278	604	771	211	151	95	6 902
	2007		2 190	1 593	1 250	602	769	212	149	88	6 853
Non-government
	Catholic
		1997	593	494	272	107	151	37	15	30	1 699
		2002	586	490	274	107	158	37	15	30	1 697
		2005	585	484	282	106	159	37	15	30	1 698
		2006	584	484	288	106	159	37	15	30	1 703
		2007	585	485	288	104	159	37	15	30	1 703
	Independent
		1997	289	190	145	89	113	30	14	11	881
		2002	318	207	161	93	127	29	18	13	966
		2005	327	208	172	94	132	29	20	14	996
		2006	328	210	173	95	137	30	20	14	1 007
		2007	332	214	177	97	140	30	21	14	1 025
	Total
		1997	882	684	417	196	264	67	29	41	2 580
		2002	904	697	435	200	285	66	33	43	2 663
		2005	912	692	454	200	291	66	35	44	2 694
		2006	912	694	461	201	296	67	35	44	2 710
		2007	917	699	465	201	299	67	36	44	2 728
All Schools
	1997		3 068	2 345	1 726	837	1 031	289	173	140	9 609
	2002		3 095	2 320	1 726	810	1 060	280	183	138	9 612
	2005		3 106	2 305	1 734	805	1 068	279	186	140	9 623
	2006		3 099	2 299	1 739	805	1 067	278	186	139	9 612
	2007		3 107	2 292	1 715	803	1 068	279	185	132	9 581

(a) Several factors can affect the numbers of schools over time. See Explanatory Notes, paragraph 18, for further details.

2 SCHOOLS(a)(b), Primary, secondary and combined schools

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Australia
		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.

Primary
	1997	2 185	1 717	1 236	593	668	178	102	94	6 773
	2002	2 172	1 676	1 219	555	673	173	105	93	6 666
	2005	2 163	1 653	1 206	547	663	170	99	93	6 594
	2006	2 152	1 642	1 200	546	657	169	99	93	6 558
	2007	2 150	1 637	1 173	542	663	169	98	85	6 517
Secondary
	1997	542	379	266	104	132	47	16	31	1 517
	2002	518	362	263	95	136	46	18	28	1 466
	2005	522	362	262	94	138	46	17	27	1 468
	2006	522	368	266	94	138	47	17	26	1 478
	2007	531	370	260	95	140	46	18	26	1 486
Primary/secondary combined
	1997	226	153	169	115	167	52	50	10	942
	2002	270	187	194	137	179	52	55	12	1 086
	2005	283	195	216	141	195	54	65	15	1 164
	2006	287	194	223	142	200	55	65	15	1 181
	2007	287	204	233	143	195	56	64	17	1 199
Total
	1997	2 953	2 249	1 671	812	967	277	168	135	9 232
	2002	2 960	2 225	1 676	787	988	271	178	133	9 218
	2005	2 968	2 210	1 684	782	996	270	181	135	9 226
	2006	2 961	2 204	1 689	782	995	271	181	134	9 217
	2007	2 968	2 211	1 666	780	998	271	180	128	9 202

(a) Several factors can affect the number of schools over time. See the Explanatory Notes, paragraph 18, for further details.
(b) Excludes special schools.

3 SCHOOLS(a), By size of student enrolments (FTE) and category of school(b)

	Size of secondary school enrolments
	0	1-100	101-400	401-800	801+	Total
Size of primary school enrolments	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
GOVERNMENT

0	-	12	180	392	459	1 043
1-100	1 517	180	24	2	4	1 727
101-400	2 397	108	93	9	6	2 613
401-800	1 020	1	10	8	5	1 044
801+	75	-	3	3	5	86
Total	5 009	301	310	414	479	6 513
NON-GOVERNMENT

0	-	69	61	165	148	443
1-100	325	112	16	6	2	461
101-400	905	82	189	104	48	1 328
401-800	269	5	36	80	41	431
801+	9	1	-	8	8	26
Total	1 508	269	302	363	247	2 689
ALL SCHOOLS

0	-	81	241	557	607	1 486
1-100	1 842	292	40	8	6	2 188
101-400	3 302	190	282	113	54	3 941
401-800	1 289	6	46	88	46	1 475
801+	84	1	3	11	13	112
Total	6 517	570	612	777	726	9 202

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Excludes special schools.
(b) Full-time equivalent (FTE) of students (number of full-time students plus FTE of part-time students) is used to determine the size of student populations in each school.

4 PRIMARY SCHOOLS(a)(b), By size of student enrolments (FTE)(c)

		SIZE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLMENTS
		1-20	21-35	36-100	101-200	201-300	301-400	401-600	601-800	801+	Total
		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.

Government
	1997	338	397	1 017	924	983	787	791	272	98	5 607
	2002	341	392	982	935	934	790	763	318	95	5 550
	2005	371	387	989	949	936	756	760	296	92	5 536
	2006	395	365	985	955	912	748	752	304	94	5 510
	2007	391	367	969	969	923	721	759	285	86	5 470
Non-government
	1997	56	108	332	538	467	273	264	61	11	2 110
	2002	61	85	351	549	434	319	316	67	20	2 202
	2005	51	72	338	568	425	352	325	72	19	2 222
	2006	48	82	330	566	406	370	333	76	18	2 229
	2007	61	75	325	549	416	363	341	90	26	2 246
Total
	1997	394	505	1 349	1 462	1 450	1 060	1 055	333	109	7 717
	2002	402	477	1 333	1 484	1 368	1 109	1 079	385	115	7 752
	2005	422	459	1 327	1 517	1 361	1 108	1 085	368	111	7 758
	2006	443	447	1 315	1 521	1 318	1 118	1 085	380	112	7 739
	2007	452	442	1 294	1 518	1 339	1 084	1 100	375	112	7 716

(a) Several factors can affect the numbers of schools over time. See Explanatory Notes, paragraph 18, for further details.
(b) Excludes special schools, but includes combined primary and secondary schools, based on the size of the primary school enrolments.
(c) Full-time equivalent (FTE) of students (number of full-time students plus FTE of part-time students) is used to determine the enrolment size of each primary school.

5 SECONDARY SCHOOLS(a)(b), By size of student enrolments (FTE)(c)

		SIZE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLMENTS
		1- 20	21- 35	36- 100	101- 200	201- 300	301- 400	401- 600	601- 800	801- 1000	1001- 1200	1201+	Total
		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.

Government
	1997	77	45	171	121	83	77	189	258	238	157	91	1 507
	2002	81	54	160	142	82	94	182	227	219	140	121	1 502
	2005	87	65	153	143	87	93	181	243	210	132	129	1 523
	2006	87	73	151	140	87	93	174	237	212	130	139	1 523
	2007	70	80	151	137	86	87	171	243	202	135	142	1 504
Non-government
	1997	40	24	119	82	79	102	180	161	89	41	35	952
	2002	63	48	112	95	85	94	178	164	117	53	41	1 050
	2005	61	48	132	103	90	82	189	161	128	68	47	1 109
	2006	63	45	149	103	92	81	188	169	128	66	51	1 135
	2007	81	46	142	122	98	82	189	174	133	65	49	1 181
Total
	1997	117	69	290	203	162	179	369	419	327	198	126	2 459
	2002	144	102	272	237	167	188	360	391	336	193	162	2 552
	2005	148	113	285	246	177	175	370	404	338	200	176	2 632
	2006	150	118	300	243	179	174	362	406	340	196	190	2 658
	2007	151	126	293	259	184	169	360	417	335	200	191	2 685

(a) Several factors can affect the numbers of schools over time. See Explanatory Notes, paragraph 18, for further details.
(b) Excludes special schools, but includes combined primary and secondary schools, based on the size of the secondary school enrolments.
(c) Full-time equivalent (FTE) of students (number of full-time students plus FTE of part-time students) is used to determine the enrolment size of each secondary school.

6 STUDENTS, By category of school and full-tme and part-time status

			NSW	Vic.	Qld(a)	SA	WA(b)	Tas.	NT	ACT	Australia
			no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.

Full-time
	Government
		1997	762 917	518 476	415 263	176 511	226 075	62 921	28 294	39 595	2 230 052
		2002	753 700	533 417	440 064	169 839	233 344	61 508	28 206	37 259	2 257 337
		2005	740 439	536 635	450 964	164 714	228 817	60 605	28 554	35 359	2 246 087
		2006	739 307	536 117	455 075	163 848	230 293	60 007	28 506	35 076	2 248 229
		2007	737 637	535 883	478 883	163 904	229 611	58 926	28 916	34 617	2 268 377
	Non-government
		1997	311 303	262 948	159 843	71 429	85 002	21 236	8 172	21 639	941 572
		2002	351 081	281 076	179 523	78 772	101 382	20 842	8 468	23 295	1 044 439
		2005	367 247	289 312	196 290	84 711	109 483	21 899	8 819	24 291	1 102 052
		2006	369 640	293 718	r202 722	86 078	112 349	22 447	9 074	24 460	r1 120 488
		2007	371 566	297 970	219 020	87 545	114 977	22 933	9 355	24 780	1 148 146
	Total
		1997	1 074 220	781 424	575 106	247 940	311 077	84 157	36 466	61 234	3 171 624
		2002	1 104 781	814 493	619 587	248 611	334 726	82 350	36 674	60 554	3 301 776
		2005	1 107 686	825 947	647 254	249 425	338 300	82 504	37 373	59 650	3 348 139
		2006	1 108 947	829 835	r657 797	249 926	342 642	82 454	37 580	59 536	r3 368 717
		2007	1 109 203	833 853	697 903	251 449	344 588	81 859	38 271	59 397	3 416 523
Part-time
	1997		2 532	2 803	7 900	6 484	4 507	2 883	722	46	27 877
	2002		3 055	4 177	4 951	7 576	5 438	2 934	1 106	213	29 450
	2005		2 758	3 824	4 950	6 953	3 254	1 902	1 137	295	25 073
	2006		2 801	3 659	4 810	7 164	2 894	1 791	1 175	231	24 525
	2007		2 623	3 138	6 034	7 312	2 723	1 648	856	169	24 503
All students
	1997		1 076 752	784 227	583 006	254 424	315 584	87 040	37 188	61 280	3 199 501
	2002		1 107 836	818 670	624 538	256 187	340 164	85 284	37 780	60 767	3 331 226
	2005		1 110 444	829 771	652 204	256 378	341 554	84 406	38 510	59 945	3 373 212
	2006		1 111 748	833 494	r662 607	257 090	345 536	84 245	38 755	59 767	r3 393 242
	2007		1 111 826	836 991	703 937	258 761	347 311	83 507	39 127	59 566	3 441 026

r revised
(a) Qld has intrduced a Pre-year 1 grade in 2007 following a successful trial from 2003-2006. See Explanatoy Notes, paragraph 9, for further details,
(b) Data for WA has been affected by changes in scope and coverage over time. See Explanatory Notes, paragraphs 7 and 8, for further details.

7 FULL-TIME STUDENTS, By level of school education

			NSW	Vic.	Qld(a)	SA	WA(b)	Tas.	NT	ACT	Australia
			no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.

Primary
	Government
		1997	453 142	304 773	267 147	118 812	145 088	35 663	20 350	22 032	1 367 007
		2002	449 482	316 843	284 262	112 111	151 599	36 300	20 249	20 904	1 391 750
		2005	436 551	314 753	287 245	107 573	149 610	35 333	19 926	19 393	1 370 384
		2006	434 366	312 771	288 408	106 818	149 968	34 839	19 906	19 183	1 366 259
		2007	431 618	311 503	308 698	106 384	150 227	33 883	20 403	18 841	1 381 557
	Non-government
		1997	161 777	133 365	80 537	41 863	44 760	10 808	5 020	10 652	488 782
		2002	179 930	139 821	92 497	46 389	54 153	10 340	5 145	11 321	539 596
		2005	185 342	139 702	102 284	49 708	57 278	10 655	5 122	11 694	561 785
		2006	185 840	140 968	105 995	50 043	59 105	10 914	5 288	11 775	569 928
		2007	186 776	142 008	119 376	50 734	60 348	11 123	5 429	11 952	587 746
Secondary
	Government
		1997	309 775	213 703	148 116	57 699	80 987	27 258	7 944	17 563	863 045
		2002	304 218	216 574	155 802	57 728	81 745	25 208	7 957	16 355	865 587
		2005	303 888	221 882	163 719	57 141	79 207	25 272	8 628	15 966	875 703
		2006	304 941	223 346	166 667	57 030	80 325	25 168	8 600	15 893	881 970
		2007	306 019	224 380	170 185	57 520	79 384	25 043	8 513	15 776	886 820
	Non-government
		1997	149 526	129 583	79 306	29 566	40 242	10 428	3 152	10 987	452 790
		2002	171 151	141 255	87 026	32 383	47 229	10 502	3 296	11 974	504 816
		2005	181 905	149 610	94 006	35 003	52 205	11 244	3 697	12 597	540 267
		2006	183 800	152 750	96 727	36 035	53 244	11 533	3 786	12 685	550 560
		2007	184 790	155 962	99 644	36 811	54 629	11 810	3 926	12 828	560 400
Total
	Government
		1997	762 917	518 476	415 263	176 511	226 075	62 921	28 294	39 595	2 230 052
		2002	753 700	533 417	440 064	169 839	233 344	61 508	28 206	37 259	2 257 337
		2005	740 439	536 635	450 964	164 714	228 817	60 605	28 554	35 359	2 246 087
		2006	739 307	536 117	455 075	163 848	230 293	60 007	28 506	35 076	2 248 229
		2007	737 637	535 883	478 883	163 904	229 611	58 926	28 916	34 617	2 268 377
	Non-government
		1997	311 303	262 948	159 843	71 429	85 002	21 236	8 172	21 639	941 572
		2002	351 081	281 076	179 523	78 772	101 382	20 842	8 441	23 295	1 044 412
		2005	367 247	289 312	196 290	84 711	109 483	21 899	8 819	24 291	1 102 052
		2006	369 640	293 718	202 722	86 078	112 349	22 447	9 074	24 460	1 120 488
		2007	371 566	297 970	219 020	87 545	114 977	22 933	9 355	24 780	1 148 146

(a) Qld has introduced a Pre-year 1 grade in 2007 following a successful trial from 2003-2006. See Explanatory Notes, paragraph 9, for further details.
(b) Data for WA have been affected by changes in scope and coverage over time. See Explanatory Notes, paragraphs 7 and 8, for further details.

8 FULL-TIME STUDENTS, By level and year of school education

		NSW	Vic.	Qld(a)	SA	WA(b)	Tas.	NT	ACT	Australia
		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.

Primary
	Pre-year 1	87 602	63 840	33 748	21 512	26 748	6 087	3 463	4 159	247 159
	Year 1	87 495	63 504	55 324	18 175	27 191	6 339	3 371	4 347	265 746
	Year 2	87 589	63 692	56 066	18 854	27 497	6 502	3 246	4 373	267 819
	Year 3	86 630	63 751	55 284	18 794	28 144	6 383	3 123	4 436	266 545
	Year 4	86 637	64 214	55 605	18 699	27 394	6 336	3 313	4 450	266 648
	Year 5	87 237	65 114	55 670	19 096	16 841	6 679	3 025	4 489	258 151
	Year 6	87 400	65 628	56 450	19 428	28 048	6 672	3 152	4 539	271 317
	Year 7(c)	. .	. .	57 759	19 853	28 637	. .	3 016	. .	109 265
	Ungraded	7 804	3 768	2 168	2 707	75	8	123	-	16 653
	Total	618 394	453 511	428 074	157 118	210 575	45 006	25 832	30 793	1 969 303
Secondary
	Year 7(c)	88 037	66 501	. .	. .	. .	6 923	. .	4 976	166 437
	Year 8	87 716	66 737	58 311	19 477	29 032	6 747	2 901	4 807	275 728
	Year 9	87 605	66 849	57 942	19 743	29 113	6 949	2 713	4 901	275 815
	Year 10	84 546	64 172	57 630	19 869	29 040	6 697	2 495	4 844	269 293
	Year 11	71 156	61 463	51 042	18 796	25 890	5 227	2 247	4 926	240 747
	Year 12	60 987	49 957	42 840	14 271	20 163	4 305	1 543	4 150	198 216
	Ungraded	10 762	4 663	2 064	2 175	775	5	540	-	20 984
	Total	490 809	380 342	269 829	94 331	134 013	36 853	12 439	28 604	1 447 220

	All full-time students	1 109 203	833 853	697 903	251 449	344 588	81 859	38 271	59 397	3 416 523

. . not applicable
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Qld has introduced a Pre-year 1 grade in 2007 following a successful trial from 2003-2006. See Explanatory Notes, paragraph 9, for further details.
(b) Data for WA have been affected by changes in scope and coverage over time. See Explanatory Notes, paragraphs 7 and 8, for further details.
(c) Year 7 is the last year of primary school in Qld, SA, WA and NT, and the first year of secondary in NSW, Vic., Tas. and ACT.