A little over half (52%) of those enrolling in vocational education were male. The 15-19 years age group had the largest number of enrolments (10,214 or 22%). The second largest age group was the 30-39 year olds (9,598 or 21%) and the third largest was the 40-49 year age group (8,373 or 18%).
ENROLMENTS IN ACCREDITED VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING, By Age and Sex, Tasmania - 2000(a)(b)
|
| Male | Female | Not known | Total |
| | | | |
Age (years) | no. | no. | no. | no. |
|
14 years or under | 45 | 37 | - | 82 |
15-19 | 5,579 | 4,515 | 20 | 10,214 |
20-24 | 4,030 | 2,979 | 5 | 7,014 |
25-29 | 2,867 | 2,206 | 1 | 5,074 |
30-39 | 4,947 | 4,645 | 6 | 9,598 |
40-49 | 3,898 | 4,475 | - | 8,373 |
50-59 | 1,700 | 1,887 | - | 3,587 |
60-64 | 270 | 221 | - | 491 |
65 years or over | 170 | 171 | - | 341 |
Not known | 309 | 286 | 358 | 953 |
Total | 23,915 | 21,422 | 390 | 45,727 |
- nil or rounded to zero
(a) Total enrolments rather than total number of students. A student may have more than one enrolment during the year.
(b) 'Publicly delivered and government financed' is all TAFE training plus government financed non-TAFE training.
Source: Office of Post-Compulsory Education and Training. |