YEAR 11 AND 12 STUDENTS IN 2011: WHAT WERE THEY DOING IN 2016?
![Infographic showing labour force and education outcomes in 2016 for students in Year 11 and 12 in 2011. Text version of infographic content is below.](/ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/8dcb8d010e9c8725ca2583590012866c/Body/0.138!OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=jpg)
There were 514,000 students in Year 11 and 12 in 2011.
What were they doing in 2016?
- 72% were employed
- 9% were unemployed, and
- 19% were not in the labour force.
- Forty-one percent had completed a non-school qualification. Common fields of study were Management and Commerce (21% of those with a qualification) and Society and Culture (17%).
For those who were employed in 2016:
- common industries of employment were Retail trade (21%), Accommodation and food services (15%) and Health care and social assistance (10%), and
- the employment rate for those who attended a government secondary school was 70%, a catholic secondary school was 77%, and other non-government secondary schools was 72%.
Forty-nine per cent were also studying in 2016:
- 43% of those who attended a government secondary school were in further study in 2016,
- 55% of those who attended a catholic secondary school were in further study in 2016, and
- 60% of those who attended other non-government secondary schools were in further study in 2016.
Source: ABS, Australians' journeys through life: Stories from the Australian Census Longitudinal Dataset (ACLD), 2011-2016 (cat. no. 2081.0).