Undergraduate Applications, Offers and Acceptances 2016

TAC Applications

1. TAC Applications

The Department receives five submissions of applications and offers data from Tertiary Admissions Centres (TACs) annually. At the end of the fifth submission (reference date of 12 May 2016) there was a total of 274,211 applications. Excluding WA, there were 256,990 applications, a decrease of 1472 applications, or 0.6% compared with 2015.

2. TAC Applications by State and Territory

Compared with 2015, WA recorded the largest growth in applications (27.7%), due to the Year 12 cohort effect, followed by Tasmania (16.2%). Queensland also recorded above-average growth (4.6%). Applications in SA/NT declined by 6.3%, followed by NSW/ACT

(-4.2%) and Victoria (-1.5%).

Since 2010, applications have risen by 2.7%. The largest growth has occurred in Tasmania (91.1%), and in SA/NT (19.5%).
Table : TAC applications by state and territory, 2010-2016

State/ Territory	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	% Change 2015-2016	% Change 2010-2016
NSW/ACT	83,108	84,415	86,999	88,697	86,998	85,207	81,633	-4.2%	-1.8%
Vic.	71,984	71,202	72,275	72,078	72,786	71,616	70,573	-1.5%	-2.0%
Qld	57,205	55,852	56,512	56,233	54,787	54,887	57,413	4.6%	0.4%
WA	20,834	20,532	19,304	18,941	18,073	13,483	17,221	27.7%	-17.3%
SA/NT	24,235	24,766	26,425	27,065	29,633	30,914	28,964	-6.3%	19.5%
Tas.	9,630	10,443	11,652	12,383	13,133	15,838	18,407	16.2%	91.1%
Australia	266,996	267,210	273,167	275,397	275,410	271,945	274,211	0.8%	2.7%
Australia (excluding WA)	246,162	246,678	253,863	256,456	257,337	258,462	256,990	-0.6%	4.4%

Notes: State and territory refers to Tertiary Admissions Centres’ (TACs’) jurisdictions.

Unpaid Victorian Tertiary Admission Centre (VTAC) applicants are included in the 2010 applications data but excluded in subsequent years. 2015 Tasmania data has been revised and do not match data published in the final 2015 report.

3. TAC Applications – Prior Education

Of the total number of applications in 2016, 155,962 applications or 56.9% were from current Year 12 applicants. Year 12 applications represent the larger proportion of applications in WA (73.8%), followed by Victoria (66.5%), NSW/ACT (62.1%), Queensland (50.9%), but the reverse is true in SA/NT (45.4%) and Tasmania (17.8%).
Nationally, Year 12 applications increased by 4.3% in 2016. Excluding WA, Year 12 applications increased by 1.6%. Except SA/NT, all states and territories recorded positive growth in Year 12 applications. Non-Year 12 applications decreased by 3.4% in 2016. Excluding WA, non-Year 12 applications decreased by 3.2% with Tasmania recorded the largest increase (19.2%), followed by Queenalnd (7.8%). NSW/ACT recorded a decrease of 13.1% in non-Year 12 applications, followed by SA/NT (-10.8%), WA (-8.2%) and Victoria

(-6.5%)

Table : TAC applications by Current Year 12 status by state and territory, 2015 and 2016

State/Territory	Current Year 12			Non-Year 12
	2015	2016	% Change	2015	2016	% Change
NSW/ACT	49,602	50,694	2.2%	35,605	30,939	-13.1%
Vic.	46,315	46,908	1.3%	25,301	23,665	-6.5%
Qld	28,727	29,224	1.7%	26,160	28,189	7.8%
WA	8,558	12,701	48.4%	4,925	4,520	-8.2%
SA/NT	13,197	13,155	-0.3%	17,717	15,809	-10.8%
Tas.	3,147	3,280	4.2%	12,691	15,127	19.2%
Australia	149,546	155,962	4.3%	122,399	118,249	-3.4%
Australia (excluding WA)	140,988	143,261	1.6%	117,474	113,729	-3.2%

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