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State summary tables
PARTICIPATION
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 | Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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| School students | '000 | 1995 | 1,055.9 | 770.3 | 556.1 | 244.8 | 301.7 | 84.7 | 34.8 | 61.1 | 3,109.3 |
| TAFE students | '000 | 1994 | 392.4 | 331.9 | 192.7 | 90.4 | 65.2 | 19.1 | 9.4 | 17.2 | 1,117.9 |
| Higher education students(a) | '000 | 1995 | 186.0 | 167.5 | 100.0 | 46.2 | 58.3 | 12.4 | 4.8 | 20.0 | 604.2 |
| Year 12 apparent retention rate | % | 1995 | 69.1 | 75.0 | 76.3 | 71.4 | 71.2 | 59.7 | 42.7 | 91.1 | 72.2 |
| Aged 15-24 (of all aged 15-24) | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Participating in any education | % | 1995 | 48.3 | 52.4 | 43.9 | 45.5 | 44.1 | 46.0 | 45.7 | 54.2 | 47.9 |
| Participating in TAFE | % | 1995 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 9.5 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 8.9 |
| Participating in higher education | % | 1995 | 12.6 | 16.1 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 13.2 | 12.1 | 14.0 | 18.9 | 14.2 |
| Women aged 15-24 participating in tertiary education (of all tertiary students aged 15-24) | % | 1995 | 47.2 | 45.0 | 46.8 | 49.8 | 46.8 | 41.3 | 50.0 | 53.1 | 46.7 |
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(a) State totals exclude students of the Australian Catholic University which has campuses in more than one state.
Reference periods: Schools data are at July. TAFE data comprise enrolments in the calendar year to 31 December. Higher education data are at 31 March from 1989; prior to that the reference date was 30 April.
ATTAINMENT
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| Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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| Aged 15-64 with post-school qualifications (of all aged 15-64) | % | 1995 | 44.3 | 38.8 | 36.8 | 37.4 | 41.8 | 36.4 | 42.2 | 48.9 | 40.6 |
| Degree or higher | % | 1995 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 9.4 | 8.3 | 11.7 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 22.6 | 11.9 |
| Skilled vocational qualification | % | 1995 | 13.1 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 12.3 | 13.7 | 12.9 | 14.4 | 7.8 | 12.6 |
| Undergraduate or associate diploma | % | 1995 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 7.4 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 8.8 |
| Basic vocational qualification | % | 1995 | 9.2 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 7.9 | 7.3 |
| Aged 15-64 and did not complete highest level of secondary school (of all aged 15-64) | % | 1995 | 33.6 | 37.4 | 39.4 | 39.5 | 35.6 | 40.6 | 35.0 | 20.4 | 36.3 |
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Reference periods: Schools data are at July. TAFE data comprise enrolments in the calendar year to 31 December. Higher education data are at 31 March from 1989; prior to that the reference date was 30 April.
EDUCATION AND WORK
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| Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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| Unemployment rate (aged 15-64) | | | | | | | | | | | |
| With degree or higher | % | 1995 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.8 | *4.6 | *3.5 | *3.7 | *0.0 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| With skilled vocational qualification | % | 1995 | 5.7 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 8.1 | 4.2 | *4.1 | *1.2 | *7.3 | 6.0 |
| With undergraduate or associate diploma | % | 1995 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 6.9 | 6.1 | *5.8 | *4.0 | *3.0 | 5.4 |
| With basic vocational qualifications | % | 1995 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 12.5 | *6.9 | *6.6 | *6.2 | *2.7 | *3.8 | 7.8 |
| Without post-school qualifications | % | 1995 | 10.1 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.3 | 9.2 | 13.1 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 10.7 |
| Apprentices | '000 | 1994 | 42.7 | 30.3 | 23.4 | 9.3 | 11.3 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 123.3 |
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Reference periods: Apprentice data are at 30 June.
SERVICES
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| Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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| School student/teacher ratio | no. | 1995 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 15.8 | 15.1 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 13.7 | 15.5 | 15.4 |
| Government schools | no. | 1995 | 2,190 | 1,711 | 1,317 | 660 | 768 | 230 | 148 | 98 | 7,122 |
| Non-government schools | no. | 1995 | 865 | 675 | 408 | 193 | 250 | 70 | 26 | 39 | 2,526 |
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Reference periods: Schools data are at July.
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