1996 Census - Education, Ipswich

Education

Age Left School by Sex (Persons aged 15 years and over)
	Male	Female	Persons
14 years and under	6868	7401	14269
15 years	11307	11924	23231
16 years	7458	7546	15004
17 years	7499	8034	15533
18 years	2765	2339	5104
19 years and over	1060	901	1961
Still at school	2062	2031	4093
Never attended school	235	291	526
Not stated	2503	2565	5068
Overseas visitor	98	136	234
Total	41855	43168	85023

Field of Study by sex
	Males	Females	Persons
Business and Administration	1015	1986	3001
Health	586	2077	2663
Education	568	1415	1983
Society and Culture	789	1353	2142
Natural and Physical Sciences	576	317	893
Engineering	8301	267	8568
Architecture and Building	2113	43	2156
Agriculture and Related Fields	280	54	334
Miscellaneous Fields	922	795	1717
Inadequately described	169	94	263
Not stated	3239	3065	6304
Total	18558	11466	30024

Qualification Level by sex
	Males	Females	Persons
Higher degree	331	127	458
Post-graduate diploma	223	346	569
Bachelor degree	1686	1928	3614
Under-graduate degree	599	1456	2055
Associate diploma	1251	785	2036
Skilled vocational	9671	1031	10702
Basic vocational	688	1287	1975
Inadequately described	228	353	581
Not stated	3881	4153	8034
Total	18558	11466	30024

Type of Educational Institution Attending (Full-Time/Part Time) by Sex
		Male	Female	Persons
Pre-School		990	972	1962
Infants/Primary	Government	5303	4992	10295
	Catholic	874	794	1668
	Other Non Government	428	457	885
	Total	6605	6243	12848
Secondary	Government	2342	2425	4767
	Catholic	869	715	1584
	Other Non Government	769	761	1530
	Total	3980	3901	7881
Technical or Further Educational Institution	Full-time	362	405	767
	Part-time	834	834	1668
	Not stated	4	8	12
	Total	1200	1247	2447
University or other Tertiary Institutions:	Full-time	637	808	1445
	Part-time	648	716	1364
	Not stated	3	3	6
	Total	1288	1527	2815
Other	Full-time	79	85	164
	Part-time	161	205	366
	Not stated	8	3	11
	Total	248	293	541
Not attending		10084	40887	80971
Not stated		2347	2380	4727
Overseas visitor		131	159	290
Total		56873	57609	114482

Census Details

Collection Date1996-06-30Collection AuthorityAustralian Bureau of StatisticsCollection AreaIpswichNotes About CensusData simplified. Further data available on the original census document. Some data has been input incorrectly on the original files.References (online)1996 Census of Population and Housing Basic Community Profile

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