Of the total number of applicants in 2016, 122,884 applicants or 37.4% were current Year 12 applicants. Year 12 applicants represent above an average proportion of applicants in NSW (40.5%), Victoria (39.7%), South Australia (39.1%) and Queensland (38.5%). Tasmania (22.9%), ACT (32.6%) and NT (26.6%) recorded below average Year 12 representation. Due to the exclusion of applicants applying through the WA’s tertiary admissions centre in
Table 3 (to account for ‘half-year’ Year 12 cohort effect), WA’s Year 12 representation accounted for only 15.4%.
Nationally (excluding WA TAC applicants), Year 12 applicants decreased by 1.9% in 2016. Only NSW and Queensland recorded increases in Year 12 applicants (1.5% and 1.9% respectively). Victoria (-11.8%), Northern Territory (-8.9%), ACT (-4.2%), Tasmania (-1.4%) and South Australia (-0.3%) recorded decreases in applications from Year 12 applicants.
Non-Year 12 applicants increased by 3.9% in 2016. Victoria recorded the largest increase (13.0%) and WA recorded a decrease of 4.9% in the number of non-Year 12 applicants.
Table : Applicants by Current Year 12 status and state and territory (excluding WA TAC applicants)*,
2015-2016
State/Territory
|
Current Year 12
|
Non-Year 12
|
2015
|
2016
|
% Change
|
2015
|
2016
|
% Change
|
NSW
|
43,579
|
44,213
|
1.5%
|
64,614
|
65,064
|
0.7%
|
Vic.1
|
40,144
|
35,393
|
-11.8%
|
47,519
|
53,676
|
13.0%
|
Qld
|
24,804
|
25,276
|
1.9%
|
38,587
|
40,407
|
4.7%
|
WA*
|
1,181
|
2,681
|
127.0%
|
15,535
|
14,767
|
-4.9%
|
SA
|
10,117
|
10,086
|
-0.3%
|
15,989
|
15,687
|
-1.9%
|
Tas.
|
2,085
|
2,055
|
-1.4%
|
6,936
|
6,903
|
-0.5%
|
ACT
|
2,262
|
2,168
|
-4.2%
|
4,312
|
4,479
|
3.9%
|
NT
|
749
|
682
|
-8.9%
|
1,858
|
1,878
|
1.1%
|
Total_(excluding_WA)__125,216__122,884'>Total (excluding WA)
|
125,216
|
122,884
|
-1.9%
|
197,563
|
205,335
|
3.9%
|
* Applications made through WA tertiary admission centre are excluded due to the ‘half-year’ Year 12 cohort effect, but applications made directly by WA residents are included. Totals include missing /unknown postcodes which cannot be assigned to a state/territory.
Among non-Year 12 applicants, 29.9% were applicants who had previously attempted higher education without obtaining a qualification. There were fewer applicants who had completed a higher education qualification (20.4%) or VET qualification (11.5%). Almost quarter of non-Year 12 applicants (24.3%) were applicants whose highest prior educational participation was secondary education.
Table : Applicants by highest prior educational participation, Non-Year 12 applicants, 2016
Highest prior educational participation
|
Number
|
Share (%)
|
Complete postgraduate
|
7,036
|
3.4%
|
Complete bachelor
|
27,258
|
13.3%
|
Complete sub-degree
|
7,535
|
3.7%
|
Incomplete higher education
|
61,432
|
29.9%
|
Complete secondary Education
|
49,822
|
24.3%
|
Other qual - complete or incomplete
|
8,443
|
4.1%
|
No prior education attainment
|
16,408
|
8.0%
|
Complete VET
|
23,525
|
11.5%
|
Incomplete VET
|
3,663
|
1.8%
|
Total
|
205,335
|
100.0%
|
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