Undergraduate Applications, Offers and Acceptances 2016

TAC Offers

There were 222,746 offers made through TACs in 2016, an increase of 0.6% compared with the same time in 2015. Excluding WA, offers decreased by 0.8% in 2016. The majority of applications attracted offers (81.2%) in 2016, which is 0.2 percentage points lower than the offer rate in 2015.

5. TAC Offers by State and Territory

The number of offers in 2016 deceased in SA/NT (-6.0%), NSW/ACT (-2.8%) and Victoria

(-2.7%). WA (28.0%), Tasmania (17.0%) and Queensland (2.0%) recorded growth in offers in 2016. The significant growth in WA is mainly due to the ‘half-Year 12’ cohort effect. Since 2010, the number of offers has increased by 8.8%. All states and territories, except WA, have recorded positive growth in offers since 2010.

Table : TAC offers by state and territory, 2010-2016

State /Territory	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	% Change 2015-2016	% Change 2010-2016
NSW/ACT	67,232	69,149	72,004	73,501	73,071	71,545	69,545	-2.8%	3.4%
Vic.	51,258	54,714	59,371	59,725	60,655	56,873	55,323	-2.7%	7.9%
Qld	42,738	43,391	45,637	46,752	46,530	46,244	47,169	2.0%	10.4%
WA	17,045	16,795	16,399	15,974	15,120	11,052	14,151	28.0%	-17.0%
SA/NT	19,323	19,652	20,580	20,573	21,295	22,296	20,960	-6.0%	8.5%
Tas.	7,198	7,784	8,485	8,257	10,723	13,329	15,598	17.0%	116.7%
Australia	204,794	211,485	222,476	224,782	227,394	221,339	222,746	0.6%	8.8%
Australia (excluding WA)	187,749	194,690	206,077	208,808	212,274	210,287	208,595	-0.8%	11.1%

In 2016, the highest offer rate (number of offers as a percentage of highest preference applications) was recorded in NSW/ACT (85.2%), followed by Tasmania (84.7%) and Queensland and WA (both at 82.2%). Offer rates fell in Queensland (down 2.1 percentage points) and Victoria (down 1.0 percentage points). Since 2010, all states and territories experienced an increase in offer rates, except SA/NT (-7.4 percentage points).

Table : TAC offer rates by state and territory, 2010-2016

State/Territory	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Change (p.p) 2015-2016	Change (p.p) 2010-2016
NSW/ACT	80.9%	81.9%	82.8%	82.9%	84.0%	84.0%	85.2%	1.2	4.3
Vic.	71.2%	76.8%	82.15%	82.9%	83.3%	79.4%	78.4%	-1.0	7.2
Qld	74.7%	77.7%	80.8%	83.1%	84.9%	84.3%	82.2%	-2.1	7.4
WA	81.8%	81.8%	85.0%	84.3%	83.7%	82.0%	82.2%	0.2	0.4
SA/NT	79.7%	79.4%	77.9%	76.0%	71.9%	72.1%	72.4%	0.2	-7.4
Tas.	74.7%	74.5%	72.8%	66.7%	81.6%	84.2%	84.7%	0.6	10.0
Australia	76.7%	79.1%	81.4%	81.6%	82.6%	81.4%	81.2%	-0.2	4.5
Australia (excluding WA)	76.3%	78.9%	81.2%	81.4%	82.5%	81.4%	81.2%	-0.2	4.9

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