Australia Yearbook - 2001

Chapter 10—Education and training 423
10.23 INDIGENOUS FULL-TIME SCHOOL STUDENTS, By Level of Education, Sex and State—1990, 1994
and 1999
NSW Vic. QLD SA WA Tas. NT ACT Aust.
no. no. no. no. no. no. no. no. no.
Primary
Male
1990 5 403 836 5 773 1 477 4 228 458 3 984 151 22 310
1994 7 867 1 234 7 856 1 917 5 131 958 4 630 221 29 814
1999 10 319 1 838 10 420 2 302 6 098 1 321 4 981 259 37 538
Female
1990 4 905 805 5 377 1 411 4 101 474 4 026 119 21 218
1994 7 390 1 105 7 640 1 927 5 053 946 4 448 193 28 702
1999 9 914 1 791 9 839 2 255 5 805 1 265 4 547 254 35 670
Total Primary
1990 10 308 1 641 11 150 2 888 8 329 932 8 010 270 43 528
1994 15 257 2 339 15 496 3 844 10 184 1 904 9 078 414 58 516
1999 20 233 3 629 20 259 4 557 11 903 2 586 9 528 513 73 208
Secondary
Male
1990 3 089 537 3 080 531 1 792 319 1 103 50 10 501
1994 3 933 489 3 552 568 1 922 621 1 371 93 12 549
1999 5 247 911 4 565 785 2 299 876 1 732 145 16 560
Female
1990 3 167 581 3 125 645 1 690 349 1 096 53 10 706
1994 3 797 566 3 473 600 1 891 649 1 274 96 12 346
1999 5 276 967 4 585 834 2 427 883 1 721 167 16 860
Total Secondary
1990 6 256 1 118 6 205 1 176 3 482 668 2 199 103 21 207
1994 7 730 1 055 7 025 1 168 3 813 1 270 2 645 189 24 895
1999 10 523 1 878 9 150 1 619 4 726 1 759 3 453 312 33 420
Total
All Indigenous students
1990 16 564 2 759 17 355 4 064 11 811 1 600 10 209 373 64 735
1994 22 987 3 394 22 521 5 012 13 997 3 174 11 723 603 83 411
1999 30 756 5 507 29 409 6 176 16 629 4 345 12 981 825 106 628
Source: Schools, Australia (4221.0).
Table 10.27 shows the distribution of Indigenous
higher education students across States and
Territories in 1999. New South Wales,
Queensland and Western Australia had the largest
number of Indigenous students, with the
Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania having
the lowest. This pattern is similar to the
distribution of Indigenous students in primary
and secondary schools (table 10.23).
Females comprised 63% of Indigenous higher
education students in 1999, compared to 55% of
the total higher education student population.
Graph 10.28 illustrates the increasing trend in
Indigenous participation in higher education over
the past decade. Between 1989 and 1999 the
number of Indigenous students increased from
3,300 to 8,000 (142%). The largest annual
increase of Indigenous students was between
1990 and 1991 (33%).