Australia Yearbook - 2001

418 Year Book Australia 2001
10.15 PERSONS AGED 15–64, By Educational Attainment—May 1999
15–24
25–34
35–44
Age group (years)
45–54
55–64
Educational attainment
’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000
With post-school qualifications
Higher degree *2.2 45.8 81.8 83.9 31.1 244.8
Postgraduate diploma 11.2 64.4 90.5 83.9 26.6 276.5
Bachelor degree 172.5 458.3 378.1 278.4 113.9 1 401.2
Undergraduate diploma 63.5 135.8 176.6 159.6 84.0 619.5
Associate diploma 53.0 113.5 107.5 80.6 30.8 385.4
Skilled vocational 125.3 386.2 404.3 297.7 204.8 1 418.3
Basic vocational 172.3 289.2 290.2 226.4 128.5 1 106.6
Total 600.0 1 493.2 1 529.1 1 210.5 619.6 5 452.4
Without post-school qualifications
Completed highest level of school
Attending tertiary in May 1999 541.8 85.7 37.0 9.3 *3.5 677.3
Not attending tertiary in May 1999 336.7 436.3 337.5 304.9 184.0 1 599.3
Total 878.5 522.0 374.5 314.2 187.4 2 276.6
Did not complete highest level of school
Attending tertiary in May 1999 125.9 49.7 44.1 20.2 *5.1 245.1
Not attending tertiary in May 1999 369.0 753.4 934.3 945.7 816.2 3 818.7
Total 494.9 803.1 978.5 965.9 821.3 4 063.8
Total(a) 1 374.6 1 326.9 1 355.1 1 283.1 1 014.1 6 353.7
Still at school 673.8 *1.8 **0.6 **0.3 **0.0 676.5
Total 2 648.4 2 821.8 2 884.8 2 493.9 1 633.7 12 482.6
(a) Includes persons who never attended school.
Source: Transition from Education to Work, Australia (6227.0).
Total
10.16 QUALIFICATIONS BY SEX—May 1999
Higher degree
Postgrad. diploma
Bachelor degree
Undergrad. diploma
Associate diploma
Skilled vocational
Basic vocational
Males
Females
0 5 10 15 20
%
Source: Unpublished data, Transition from Education to Work Survey.