Education in Australia 2,668 indicators covering education for Australia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per capita 0.0214 number per person 2018 up 110.8% 127th Population of the official entrance age to secondary general 172,345 2024 up 21.2% 71st Population of the official entrance age to secondary general 163,498 2024 up 20.9% 73rd Population of the official entrance age to secondary general 335,843 2024 up 21.1% 71st Start of the academic school year 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% 1st Theoretical duration of secondary education 6 years 2025 unchanged 99th Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 2 years 2025 unchanged 167th Official entrance age to upper secondary education 16 years 2025 unchanged 10th Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 4 years 2025 unchanged 18th Official entrance age to lower secondary education 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Start of the academic school year 2,025 2025 up 0.5% 1st Theoretical duration of pre-primary education 2 years 2025 unchanged 146th Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 58th Theoretical duration of primary education 7 years 2025 unchanged 3rd Official entrance age to primary education 5 years 2025 unchanged 192nd Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male 781,455 2024 down 3.1% 31st Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female 1.05 million 2024 down 4.0% 26th Teachers in primary education, male 23,978 1997 down 8.3% 64th Teachers in primary education, female 79,796 1997 up 22.5% 50th Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female 76.9% 1997 up 7.8% 109th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes 99.6% 2024 down 5.6% 121st School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.96 years 2024 down 6.2% 30th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 25.4% 2024 down 23.5% 29th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 31.0% 2024 down 29.1% 27th Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 1.83 million 2024 down 3.6% 29th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 74.6% 2024 up 11.7% 189th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 69.0% 2024 up 22.6% 191st Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 609,231 2024 up 70.6% 48th Enrolment in secondary education, male 1.39 million 2024 down 6.5% 41st Enrolment in secondary education, female 1.26 million 2024 up 2.7% 47th Teachers in primary education, both sexes 105,469 1999 up 13.6% 55th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 28.3% 2024 down 27.3% 28th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 71.7% 2024 up 17.4% 192nd Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 2.65 million 2024 down 2.4% 44th Enrolment in primary education, male 1.17 million 2024 up 4.6% 65th Enrolment in primary education, female 1.10 million 2024 up 4.8% 65th School age population, upper secondary education, male 342,699 2024 up 16.4% 81st School age population, upper secondary education, female 322,822 2024 up 15.1% 81st School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 665,521 2024 up 15.8% 81st School age population, secondary education, male 1.03 million 2024 up 18.3% 70th School age population, secondary education, female 974,224 2024 up 17.5% 71st School age population, secondary education, both sexes 2.00 million 2024 up 17.9% 70th School age population, tertiary education, male 877,128 2024 up 8.4% 65th School age population, tertiary education, female 814,848 2024 up 6.0% 67th School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 1.69 million 2024 up 7.3% 67th School age population, lower secondary education, male 688,059 2024 up 19.2% 66th School age population, lower secondary education, female 651,402 2024 up 18.7% 66th School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 1.34 million 2024 up 19.0% 66th School age population, last grade of primary education, male 173,016 2024 up 21.4% 70th School age population, last grade of primary education, female 162,941 2024 up 20.2% 72nd School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes 335,957 2024 up 20.8% 71st School age population, primary education, male 1.17 million 2024 up 11.0% 65th School age population, primary education, female 1.11 million 2024 up 10.7% 66th School age population, primary education, both sexes 2.28 million 2024 up 10.8% 66th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 160,926 2024 up 2.3% 73rd Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 151,597 2024 up 1.7% 73rd Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both 312,523 2024 up 2.0% 73rd School age population, one year before the official primary entry 156,440 2024 down 1.3% 73rd School age population, one year before the official primary entry 148,382 2024 down 1.5% 73rd School age population, one year before the official primary entry 304,822 2024 down 1.4% 73rd ← 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