8111.0 - Research and Experimental Development, Higher Education Organisations, Australia, 2008

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1 Higher education expenditure on R&D, by location - by type of expenditure - 2006 and 2008(a)

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
		$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
2008

Capital expenditure
	Land, buildings & other structures	145 109	87 129	48 070	19 183	31 116	21 149	15	55 533	407 305
	Other capital expenditure	68 771	52 412	52 476	7 619	23 766	5 288	256	47 965	258 553
	Total	213 881	139 541	100 546	26 802	54 882	26 437	271	103 498	665 858
Current expenditure
	Labour costs	835 741	698 545	440 183	196 163	264 107	46 168	19 005	178 116	2 678 028
	Scholarships	120 842	130 022	67 228	34 362	37 595	10 145	1 293	41 404	442 892
	Other current expenditure	844 968	806 802	453 517	247 754	305 539	45 902	25 503	200 352	2 930 336
	Total	1 801 551	1 635 369	960 927	478 279	607 241	102 215	45 801	419 872	6 051 256
Total		2 015 432	1 774 909	1 061 473	505 080	662 123	128 652	46 073	523 370	6 717 113
2006(a)

Capital expenditure
	Land, buildings & other structures	5 245	14 983	84 738	4 416	29 692	4 612	-	28 357	172 043
	Other capital expenditure	58 431	39 533	31 991	6 925	22 585	5 774	823	21 535	187 598
	Total	63 676	54 516	116 729	11 341	52 277	10 386	823	49 892	359 640
Current expenditure
	Labour costs	653 784	558 435	342 251	151 794	204 863	39 664	18 090	162 196	2 131 078
	Scholarships	114 805	100 230	58 571	31 110	27 108	10 329	1 332	42 906	386 391
	Other current expenditure	733 073	701 338	394 398	200 839	260 568	40 993	21 628	203 584	2 556 421
	Total	1 501 661	1 360 004	795 221	383 743	492 539	90 986	41 049	408 686	5 073 890
Total		1 565 337	1 414 520	911 949	395 085	544 816	101 372	41 873	458 578	5 433 529

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) 2006 data have been revised. See the Revisions section of the Technical Note for details.

2 Higher education expenditure on R&D, by location - by type of expenditure: proportions - 2006 and 2008(a)

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
		%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
2008

Capital expenditure
	Land, buildings & other structures	7.2	4.9	4.5	3.8	4.7	16.4	-	10.6	6.1
	Other capital expenditure	3.4	3.0	4.9	1.5	3.6	4.1	0.6	9.2	3.8
	Total	10.6	7.9	9.5	5.3	8.3	20.5	0.6	19.8	9.9
Current expenditure
	Labour costs	41.5	39.4	41.5	38.8	39.9	35.9	41.3	34.0	39.9
	Scholarships	6.0	7.3	6.3	6.8	5.7	7.9	2.8	7.9	6.6
	Other current expenditure	41.9	45.5	42.7	49.1	46.1	35.7	55.4	38.3	43.6
	Total	89.4	92.1	90.5	94.7	91.7	79.5	99.4	80.2	90.1
Total		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
2006(a)

Capital expenditure
	Land, buildings & other structures	0.3	1.1	9.3	1.1	5.4	4.5	-	6.2	3.2
	Other capital expenditure	3.7	2.8	3.5	1.8	4.1	5.7	2.0	4.7	3.5
	Total	4.1	3.9	12.8	2.9	9.6	10.2	2.0	10.9	6.6
Current expenditure
	Labour costs	41.8	39.5	37.5	38.4	37.6	39.1	43.2	35.4	39.2
	Scholarships	7.3	7.1	6.4	7.9	5.0	10.2	3.2	9.4	7.1
	Other current expenditure	46.8	49.6	43.2	50.8	47.8	40.4	51.7	44.4	47.0
	Total	95.9	96.1	87.2	97.1	90.4	89.8	98.0	89.1	93.4
Total		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) 2006 data have been revised. See the Revisions section of the Technical Note for details.

3 Higher education expenditure on R&D, by location - by source of funds - 2006 and 2008(a)

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
		$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
2008

Australian competitive grants
	Commonwealth schemes	301 805	304 244	197 592	95 509	98 305	24 715	4 549	93 063	1 119 782
	Other schemes	24 558	15 780	9 624	5 233	3 546	2 527	8	167	61 442
	Total	326 363	320 024	207 216	100 742	101 850	27 242	4 556	93 230	1 181 224
General university funds		1 108 924	865 507	541 048	214 441	319 328	64 141	29 172	380 353	3 522 914
Other commonwealth government		351 755	296 120	97 928	106 537	113 587	10 257	4 315	24 679	1 005 178
State & local government		71 688	127 313	77 596	37 330	63 201	12 972	5 383	5 154	400 636
Business		75 758	100 549	70 060	25 221	41 254	9 896	1 563	8 183	332 484
Donations, bequests & foundations		29 831	15 759	27 269	11 565	6 760	3 557	80	972	95 791
Other Australian		1 123	25 104	11 865	124	2 021	-	292	-	40 529
Overseas		49 990	24 535	28 491	9 120	14 122	587	712	10 801	138 357
Total		2 015 432	1 774 909	1 061 473	505 080	662 123	128 652	46 073	523 370	6 717 113
2006(a)

Australian competitive grants
	Commonwealth schemes	307 376	245 298	110 694	82 755	92 351	28 586	1 469	84 858	953 387
	Other schemes	10 716	15 749	923	4 687	2 306	33	-	104	34 518
	Total	318 092	261 047	111 617	87 441	94 657	28 619	1 469	84 962	987 905
General university funds		788 987	711 018	516 069	172 502	297 238	41 868	30 054	330 574	2 888 310
Other commonwealth government		267 685	254 018	60 097	82 603	57 794	8 406	5 994	26 847	763 445
State & local government		33 500	61 428	46 852	18 344	38 171	6 478	2 066	3 023	209 862
Business		73 752	64 063	123 394	19 371	31 508	14 821	2 015	3 921	332 844
Donations, bequests & foundations		21 305	16 868	17 259	5 508	2 349	976	89	295	64 649
Other Australian		764	14 911	3 879	108	9 375	-	88	426	29 551
Overseas		61 251	31 167	32 781	9 207	13 724	203	99	8 530	156 964
Total		1 565 337	1 414 520	911 949	395 085	544 816	101 372	41 873	458 578	5 433 529

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) 2006 data have been revised. See the Revisions section of the Technical Note for details.

4 Higher education expenditure on R&D, by location - by source of funds: proportions - 2006 and 2008(a)

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
		%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
2008

Australian competitive grants
	Commonwealth schemes	15.0	17.1	18.6	18.9	14.8	19.2	9.9	17.8	16.7
	Other schemes	1.2	0.9	0.9	1.0	0.5	2.0	-	-	0.9
	Total	16.2	18.0	19.5	19.9	15.4	21.2	9.9	17.8	17.6
General university funds		55.0	48.8	51.0	42.5	48.2	49.9	63.3	72.7	52.4
Other commonwealth government		17.5	16.7	9.2	21.1	17.2	8.0	9.4	4.7	15.0
State & local government		3.6	7.2	7.3	7.4	9.5	10.1	11.7	1.0	6.0
Business		3.8	5.7	6.6	5.0	6.2	7.7	3.4	1.6	4.9
Donations, bequests & foundations		1.5	0.9	2.6	2.3	1.0	2.8	0.2	0.2	1.4
Other Australian		0.1	1.4	1.1	-	0.3	-	0.6	-	0.6
Overseas		2.5	1.4	2.7	1.8	2.1	0.5	1.5	2.1	2.1
Total		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
2006(a)

Australian competitive grants
	Commonwealth schemes	19.6	17.3	12.1	20.9	17.0	28.2	3.5	18.5	17.5
	Other schemes	0.7	1.1	0.1	1.2	0.4	-	-	-	0.6
	Total	20.3	18.5	12.2	22.1	17.4	28.2	3.5	18.5	18.2
General university funds		50.4	50.3	56.6	43.7	54.6	41.3	71.8	72.1	53.2
Other commonwealth government		17.1	18.0	6.6	20.9	10.6	8.3	14.3	5.9	14.1
State & local government		2.1	4.3	5.1	4.6	7.0	6.4	4.9	0.7	3.9
Business		4.7	4.5	13.5	4.9	5.8	14.6	4.8	0.9	6.1
Donations, bequests & foundations		1.4	1.2	1.9	1.4	0.4	1.0	0.2	0.1	1.2
Other Australian		-	1.1	0.4	-	1.7	-	0.2	0.1	0.5
Overseas		3.9	2.2	3.6	2.3	2.5	0.2	0.2	1.9	2.9
Total		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) 2006 data have been revised. See the Revisions section of the Technical Note for details.

5 Higher education expenditure on R&D, by location - by type of activity - 2006 and 2008(a)

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000
2008

Pure basic research	620 596	658 893	150 461	136 677	134 314	24 321	620	215 415	1 941 298
Strategic basic research	420 594	287 726	270 465	111 749	129 958	32 614	1 856	134 086	1 389 047
Applied research	736 760	722 403	523 893	202 382	336 511	65 603	43 597	140 357	2 771 506
Experimental development	237 482	105 887	116 654	54 272	61 340	6 115	-	33 512	615 263
Total	2 015 432	1 774 909	1 061 473	505 080	662 123	128 652	46 073	523 370	6 717 113
2006(a)

Pure basic research	503 392	437 348	165 755	88 556	89 565	17 536	428	191 752	1 494 331
Strategic basic research	285 268	306 375	229 010	96 927	134 952	22 879	1 786	125 312	1 202 509
Applied research	638 240	590 289	443 464	174 854	288 159	55 489	39 658	116 766	2 346 919
Experimental development	138 438	80 511	73 721	34 746	32 140	5 467	-	24 749	389 772
Total	1 565 337	1 414 520	911 949	395 085	544 816	101 372	41 873	458 578	5 433 529

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) 2006 data have been revised. See the Revisions section of the Technical Note for details.

6 Higher education expenditure on R&D, by location - by type of activity: proportions - 2006 and 2008(a)

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
2008

Pure basic research	30.8	37.1	14.2	27.1	20.3	18.9	1.3	41.2	28.9
Strategic basic research	20.9	16.2	25.5	22.1	19.6	25.4	4.0	25.6	20.7
Applied research	36.6	40.7	49.4	40.1	50.8	51.0	94.6	26.8	41.3
Experimental development	11.8	6.0	11.0	10.7	9.3	4.8	-	6.4	9.2
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
2006(a)

Pure basic research	32.2	30.9	18.2	22.4	16.4	17.3	1.0	41.8	27.5
Strategic basic research	18.2	21.7	25.1	24.5	24.8	22.6	4.3	27.3	22.1
Applied research	40.8	41.7	48.6	44.3	52.9	54.7	94.7	25.5	43.2
Experimental development	8.8	5.7	8.1	8.8	5.9	5.4	-	5.4	7.2
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) 2006 data have been revised. See the Revisions section of the Technical Note for details.

7 Higher education expenditure on R&D, by location - by field of research(a) - 2008

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000

Mathematical sciences	46 447	30 197	16 682	7 124	11 453	979	-	19 497	132 378
Physical sciences	79 111	42 895	19 786	7 416	17 833	851	461	56 064	224 415
Chemical sciences	74 760	61 725	48 247	23 661	18 452	4 602	833	20 447	252 727
Earth sciences	42 317	32 620	26 452	16 791	29 653	12 923	278	33 514	194 548
Environmental sciences	37 660	31 909	46 544	18 201	24 843	10 503	10 695	10 758	191 111
Biological sciences	141 479	250 796	130 252	34 673	63 004	19 186	4 162	45 340	688 892
Agricultural & veterinary sciences	87 896	37 938	45 191	31 356	48 118	20 649	1 122	6 542	278 811
Information & computing sciences	62 221	60 550	34 352	14 995	28 712	1 182	107	16 087	218 206
Engineering	186 766	157 027	120 417	34 452	54 175	3 252	1 701	19 370	577 160
Technology	44 913	27 767	42 363	21 515	22 176	367	117	11 044	170 261
Medical & health sciences	656 109	588 071	289 659	185 418	213 369	30 185	6 737	94 799	2 064 348
Built environment & design	22 341	21 335	9 749	5 199	8 276	997	44	983	68 925
Education	64 519	49 271	34 316	16 974	26 283	2 589	8 310	7 851	210 112
Economics	34 714	55 921	13 626	8 362	13 516	3 234	1 361	31 985	162 719
Commerce, management, tourism & services	80 905	73 981	49 780	14 898	19 362	4 385	1 633	8 848	253 793
Studies in human society	77 373	72 651	49 519	24 517	23 977	5 967	5 261	67 512	326 775
Psychology & cognitive sciences	101 418	39 174	25 611	9 672	14 451	1 699	257	7 198	199 480
Law & legal studies	27 324	25 965	14 529	5 907	3 189	884	128	7 577	85 502
Studies in creative arts & writing	26 452	16 572	13 837	8 671	2 388	1 393	741	12 626	82 681
Language, communication & culture	56 722	50 052	18 612	8 744	10 146	832	1 428	14 974	161 510
History & archaeology	38 445	33 654	7 723	4 626	7 096	1 351	614	25 254	118 763
Philosophy & religious studies	25 541	14 841	4 227	1 907	1 651	644	83	5 101	53 994
Total	2 015 432	1 774 909	1 061 473	505 080	662 123	128 652	46 073	523 370	6 717 113

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Based on the 2008 edition of the ANZSRC. Previous cycle estimates are available on an ASRC basis only. See Explanatory Notes 10 and 11 for details.

8 Higher education expenditure on R&D, by location - by field of research(a): proportions - 2008

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%

Mathematical sciences	2.3	1.7	1.6	1.4	1.7	0.8	-	3.7	2.0
Physical sciences	3.9	2.4	1.9	1.5	2.7	0.7	1.0	10.7	3.3
Chemical sciences	3.7	3.5	4.5	4.7	2.8	3.6	1.8	3.9	3.8
Earth sciences	2.1	1.8	2.5	3.3	4.5	10.0	0.6	6.4	2.9
Environmental sciences	1.9	1.8	4.4	3.6	3.8	8.2	23.2	2.1	2.8
Biological sciences	7.0	14.1	12.3	6.9	9.5	14.9	9.0	8.7	10.3
Agricultural & veterinary sciences	4.4	2.1	4.3	6.2	7.3	16.1	2.4	1.3	4.2
Information & computing sciences	3.1	3.4	3.2	3.0	4.3	0.9	0.2	3.1	3.2
Engineering	9.3	8.8	11.3	6.8	8.2	2.5	3.7	3.7	8.6
Technology	2.2	1.6	4.0	4.3	3.3	0.3	0.3	2.1	2.5
Medical & health sciences	32.6	33.1	27.3	36.7	32.2	23.5	14.6	18.1	30.7
Built environment & design	1.1	1.2	0.9	1.0	1.2	0.8	0.1	0.2	1.0
Education	3.2	2.8	3.2	3.4	4.0	2.0	18.0	1.5	3.1
Economics	1.7	3.2	1.3	1.7	2.0	2.5	3.0	6.1	2.4
Commerce, management, tourism & services	4.0	4.2	4.7	2.9	2.9	3.4	3.5	1.7	3.8
Studies in human society	3.8	4.1	4.7	4.9	3.6	4.6	11.4	12.9	4.9
Psychology & cognitive sciences	5.0	2.2	2.4	1.9	2.2	1.3	0.6	1.4	3.0
Law & legal studies	1.4	1.5	1.4	1.2	0.5	0.7	0.3	1.4	1.3
Studies in creative arts & writing	1.3	0.9	1.3	1.7	0.4	1.1	1.6	2.4	1.2
Language, communication & culture	2.8	2.8	1.8	1.7	1.5	0.6	3.1	2.9	2.4
History & archaeology	1.9	1.9	0.7	0.9	1.1	1.1	1.3	4.8	1.8
Philosophy & religious studies	1.3	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.5	0.2	1.0	0.8
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Based on the 2008 edition of the ANZSRC. Previous cycle estimates are available on an ASRC basis only. See Explanatory Notes 10 and 11 for details.

9 Higher education expenditure on R&D, by location - by socio-economic objective(a) - 2008

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
		$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000	$'000

Defence		17 663	8 148	1 707	10 149	3 609	279	-	13 848	55 402
Economic development
	Plant prod'n & plant primary products	48 853	16 348	36 539	33 173	27 370	19 834	1 259	8 706	192 082
	Animal prod'n & animal primary products	40 674	17 701	18 592	8 486	13 778	9 347	20	1 166	109 762
	Mineral resources (excl. energy)	11 346	10 439	27 028	13 035	14 378	8 963	159	2 732	88 081
	Energy	38 822	30 728	31 908	7 341	16 027	1 144	298	7 048	133 317
	Manufacturing	87 957	127 837	56 366	20 107	21 161	2 541	166	14 389	330 524
	Construction	56 589	32 066	18 020	4 965	2 841	921	21	2 746	118 169
	Transport	12 904	25 540	13 557	7 031	4 023	1 247	-	2 501	66 805
	Information & communication services	76 034	57 292	36 769	15 966	19 870	923	445	12 966	220 263
	Commercial services & tourism	31 845	26 739	16 948	5 018	16 940	396	1 676	2 276	101 839
	Economic framework	64 136	76 013	30 135	17 199	7 701	5 240	2 569	33 622	236 614
	Total	469 160	420 703	285 861	132 321	144 089	50 555	6 614	88 152	1 597 455
Society
	Health	760 390	699 043	308 505	201 165	219 913	34 006	6 732	117 618	2 347 372
	Education & training	85 255	72 402	43 008	17 913	30 777	3 535	8 154	20 437	281 481
	Law, politics & community services	95 708	97 940	44 463	22 080	23 675	3 250	2 583	48 213	337 912
	Cultural understanding	139 905	90 566	40 022	25 942	18 171	5 751	3 004	48 555	371 916
	Total	1 081 257	959 950	435 999	267 100	292 535	46 543	20 474	234 822	3 338 681
Environment		119 601	102 068	116 145	33 847	78 374	19 064	18 450	35 475	523 023
Expanding knowledge		327 751	284 040	221 762	61 664	143 516	12 211	534	151 074	1 202 552
Total		2 015 432	1 774 909	1 061 473	505 080	662 123	128 652	46 073	523 370	6 717 113

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Based on the 2008 edition of the ANZSRC. Previous cycle estimates are available on an ASRC basis only. See Explanatory Notes 10 and 11 for details.

10 Higher education expenditure on R&D, by location - by socio-economic objective(a): proportions - 2008

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
		%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%

Defence		0.9	0.5	0.2	2.0	0.5	0.2	-	2.6	0.8
Economic development
	Plant prod'n & plant primary products	2.4	0.9	3.4	6.6	4.1	15.4	2.7	1.7	2.9
	Animal prod'n & animal primary products	2.0	1.0	1.8	1.7	2.1	7.3	-	0.2	1.6
	Mineral resources (excl. energy)	0.6	0.6	2.5	2.6	2.2	7.0	0.3	0.5	1.3
	Energy	1.9	1.7	3.0	1.5	2.4	0.9	0.6	1.3	2.0
	Manufacturing	4.4	7.2	5.3	4.0	3.2	2.0	0.4	2.7	4.9
	Construction	2.8	1.8	1.7	1.0	0.4	0.7	-	0.5	1.8
	Transport	0.6	1.4	1.3	1.4	0.6	1.0	-	0.5	1.0
	Information & communication services	3.8	3.2	3.5	3.2	3.0	0.7	1.0	2.5	3.3
	Commercial services & tourism	1.6	1.5	1.6	1.0	2.6	0.3	3.6	0.4	1.5
	Economic framework	3.2	4.3	2.8	3.4	1.2	4.1	5.6	6.4	3.5
	Total	23.3	23.7	26.9	26.2	21.8	39.3	14.4	16.8	23.8
Society
	Health	37.7	39.4	29.1	39.8	33.2	26.4	14.6	22.5	34.9
	Education & training	4.2	4.1	4.1	3.5	4.6	2.7	17.7	3.9	4.2
	Law, politics & community services	4.7	5.5	4.2	4.4	3.6	2.5	5.6	9.2	5.0
	Cultural understanding	6.9	5.1	3.8	5.1	2.7	4.5	6.5	9.3	5.5
	Total	53.6	54.1	41.1	52.9	44.2	36.2	44.4	44.9	49.7
Environment		5.9	5.8	10.9	6.7	11.8	14.8	40.0	6.8	7.8
Expanding knowledge		16.3	16.0	20.9	12.2	21.7	9.5	1.2	28.9	17.9
Total		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Based on the 2008 edition of the ANZSRC. Previous cycle estimates are available on an ASRC basis only. See Explanatory Notes 10 and 11 for details.

11 Higher education human resources devoted to R&D, by location - by type of resource - 2006 and 2008(a)

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
	PYE	PYE	PYE	PYE	PYE	PYE	PYE	PYE	PYE
2008

Academic staff	5 071	5 513	3 324	1 688	1 553	516	146	1 171	18 981
Other staff	2 917	1 525	1 890	299	648	94	30	569	7 970
Postgraduate students	10 365	9 174	5 886	2 536	3 601	807	136	1 853	34 359
Total	18 353	16 211	11 099	4 522	5 802	1 417	312	3 593	61 310
2006(a)

Academic staff	4 774	4 933	2 749	1 200	1 460	508	187	1 227	17 037
Other staff	2 686	1 358	1 982	516	798	95	25	578	8 038
Postgraduate students	10 454	8 813	5 866	2 495	3 401	849	155	1 797	33 830
Total	17 915	15 103	10 597	4 211	5 658	1 453	367	3 602	58 905

(a) 2006 data have been revised. See the Revisions section of the Technical Note for details.

12 Higher education human resources devoted to R&D, by location - by type of resource: proportions - 2006 and 2008(a)

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
2008

Academic staff	27.6	34.0	29.9	37.3	26.8	36.4	46.7	32.6	31.0
Other staff	15.9	9.4	17.0	6.6	11.2	6.6	9.7	15.8	13.0
Postgraduate students	56.5	56.6	53.0	56.1	62.1	57.0	43.7	51.6	56.0
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
2006(a)

Academic staff	26.6	32.7	25.9	28.5	25.8	35.0	50.9	34.1	28.9
Other staff	15.0	9.0	18.7	12.3	14.1	6.5	6.9	16.0	13.6
Postgraduate students	58.4	58.4	55.4	59.2	60.1	58.5	42.2	49.9	57.4
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

(a) 2006 data have been revised. See the Revisions section of the Technical Note for details.