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1991

Age left school, by Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Origin and Sex - 1991 Census, Victoria (a)
Persons aged 15 years and over

	Aboriginal	Torres Strait Islander	Total Victoria	Aboriginal	Torres Strait Islander	Total Victoria
Age left school	no.	no.	no.	%	%	%
MALE
Still at school	262	64	87,467	6.61	6.63	5.34
Did not go to school	81	11	16,182	2.04	1.14	0.99
14 years and under	727	161	253,100	18.34	16.67	15.45
15 years	947	222	248,591	23.89	22.98	15.18
16 years	756	202	276,431	19.07	20.91	16.87
17 years	459	133	275,387	11.58	13.77	16.81
18 years	187	53	180,653	4.72	5.49	11.03
19 years and over	140	39	165,722	3.53	4.04	10.12
Not stated	405	81	134,619	10.22	8.39	8.22
Total	3,964	966	1,638,152	100.00	100.00	100.00
FEMALE
Still at school	283	58	88,295	6.51	5.86	5.15
Did not go to school	67	6	22,098	1.54	0.61	1.29
14 years and under	724	142	281,401	16.65	14.34	16.42
15 years	975	216	262,685	22.42	21.82	15.33
16 years	854	212	292,092	19.64	21.41	17.04
17 years	586	168	308,774	13.47	16.97	18.02
18 years	252	71	176,566	5.79	7.17	10.30
19 years and over	133	32	127,979	3.06	3.23	7.47
Not stated	475	85	154,015	10.92	8.59	8.99
Total	4,349	990	1,713,905	100.00	100.00	100.00
PERSONS
Still at school	545	122	175,762	6.56	6.24	5.24
Did not go to school	148	17	38,280	1.78	0.87	1.14
14 years and under	1,451	303	534,501	17.45	15.49	15.95
15 years	1,922	438	511,276	23.12	22.39	15.25
16 years	1,610	414	568,523	19.37	21.17	16.96
17 years	1,045	301	584,161	12.57	15.39	17.43
18 years	439	124	357,219	5.28	6.34	10.66
19 years and over	273	71	293,701	3.28	3.63	8.76
Not stated	880	166	288,634	10.59	8.49	8.61
Total	8,313	1,956	3,352,057	100.00	100.00	100.00

Cells in this table have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data.

(a) Statistics in this table relate to where people usually live (i.e. Usual Residence). Please refer to Glossary.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1991 Census of Population and Housing.
© Commonwealth of Australia, 2000.

Type of Educational Institution Attended (Full time / Part time) by Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Origin - 1991 Census, Victoria (a)

	Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander	Total Victoria	Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander	Total Victoria
Educational institution	no.	no.	%	%
Pre-school (b)	435	62,513	2.61	1.46
Infant/primary(b):
Government	2,030	274,918	12.16	6.41
Non-government	311	113,113	1.86	2.64
Total infant/primary	2,341	388,031	14.02	9.05
Secondary(b):
Government	1,253	207,991	7.50	4.85
Non-government	203	116,097	1.22	2.71
Total secondary	1,456	324,088	8.72	7.56
TAFE college(b)	387	90,451	2.32	2.11
CAE/university(b)	325	150,236	1.95	3.50
Other(b)	118	35,683	0.71	0.83
Educational institution not stated(c)	683	65,217	4.09	1.52
Attendance not stated(d)	651	156,046	3.90	3.64
Not attending	10,300	3,015,619	61.69	70.33
TOTAL	16,696	4,287,884	100.00	100.00

Cells in this table have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data.

(a) Statistics in this table relate to where people usually live (i.e. Usual Residence). Please refer to Glossary.
(b) Includes persons whose full-time/part-time student status was not stated, but institution was stated.
(c) Full-time/part-time student stated, but institution not stated.
(d) Full-time/part-time student not stated and institution not stated.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1991 Census of Population and Housing.
© Commonwealth of Australia, 2000.

Level of Educational Attainment (a) by Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Origin - 1991 Census, Victoria (b) Persons aged 15 years and over.

	Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander	Total Victoria	Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander	Total Victoria
Level of qualification	no.	no.	%	%
Has qualification(c):
Higher degree	12	31,874	0.12	0.95
Postgraduate diploma	32	39,542	0.31	1.18
Bachelor degree	130	207,481	1.27	6.19
Undergraduate diploma	131	131,594	1.28	3.93
Associate diploma	53	41,948	0.52	1.25
Skilled vocational	687	324,098	6.69	9.67
Basic vocational	216	95,455	2.10	2.85
Level inadequately described	62	24,835	0.60	0.74
Level not stated	340	136,069	3.31	4.06
Total with a qualification	1,663	1,032,896	16.19	30.81
No qualifications(d)	7,763	2,074,044	75.60	61.87
Not stated(e)	843	245,117	8.21	7.31
TOTAL	10,269	3,352,057	100.00	100.00

Cells in this table have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data.

(a) Post-school educational qualification
(b) Statistics in this table relate to where people usually live (i.e. Usual Residence). Please refer to Glossary.
(c) Includes persons who were recorded as having at least one level of qualification, field of qualification or year of qualification.
(d) Includes persons with a qualification outside the scope of the ABS Classification of Qualifications.
(e) Includes persons who did not state whether they had a qualification and did not state a level of qualification, field of qualification or year of qualification.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1991 Census of Population and Housing.
© Commonwealth of Australia, 2000.

Field of Attainment, by Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Origin-1991 Census, Victoria (a)
Persons aged 15 years and over, with a Qualification (b), (c).

	Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander	Total Victoria	Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander	Total Victoria
Field of Attainment	no.	no.	%	%
Business and administration	172	142,406	10.34	13.79
Health	166	130,044	9.98	12.59
Education	98	112,213	5.89	10.86
Society and culture	194	113,858	11.67	11.02
Natural and physical sciences	56	55,149	3.37	5.34
Engineering	390	263,854	23.45	25.55
Architecture and building	188	80,255	11.30	7.77
Agriculture and related fields	48	21,175	2.89	2.05
Miscellaneous fields	184	65,789	11.06	6.37
Field inadequately described	77	23,579	4.63	2.28
Field not stated	90	24,574	5.41	2.38
Total	1,663	1,032,896	100.00	100.00

Cells in this table have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data.

(a) Statistics in this table relate to where people usually live (i.e. Usual Residence). Please refer to Glossary.
(b) Post-school educational qualification
(c) Includes persons who were recorded as having at least one level of qualification, field of qualification or year of qualification.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1991 Census of Population and Housing.
© Commonwealth of Australia, 2000.

1993

Indigenous Students in all Schools - By Age, Sex and Level / Year of Education, Victoria, 1993.

Age (in years) at 1 July
Level/Year of education	5 and under	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20 and over (b)	Total
MALES
Primary
Preparatory	118	40	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	162
Year 1	2	117	36	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	160
Year 2	-	1	111	34	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	147
Year 3	-	-	2	138	30	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	171
Year 4	-	-	-	4	108	40	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	153
Year 5	-	-	-	-	4	116	30	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	151
Year 6	-	-	-	-	-	-	106	35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	141
Ungraded primary	-	-	-	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Total primary	120	158	153	182	145	158	138	36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,090
Secondary
Year 7	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	90	28	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	124
Year 8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	76	36	4	-	-	-	-	-	117
Year 9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	66	23	4	-	-	-	-	94
Year 10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	60	24	4	-	-	-	90
Year 11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	12	1	2	-	45
Year 12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	14	8	2	1	27
Ungraded secondary	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	3	2	1	-	-	1	11
Total secondary	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	92	107	108	90	62	31	9	4	2	508
TOTAL	120	158	153	182	145	158	141	128	107	108	90	62	31	9	4	2	1,598

(a) Full-time students only.
(b) Includes age unspecified.

Source: Unpublished data, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Schools, Australia, 1993 (4221.0)
© Commonwealth of Australia, 2000.

1996

Age left school, by Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Origin and Sex - 1996 Census, Victoria(a)
Persons aged 15 years and over.

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	Aboriginal	Torres Strait Islander	Both Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander(b)	Total Victoria	Aboriginal	Torres Strait Islander	Both Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander(b)	Total Victoria
Age left school	no.	no.	no.	no.	%	%	%	%
MALE
Still at school	345	41	11	88,206	6.43	4.77	6.43	5.20
Never attended school	76	16	6	12,291	1.42	1.86	3.51	0.73
14 Years and under	910	127	42	238,079	16.97	14.78	24.56	14.04
15 Years	1,090	177	32	243,280	20.33	20.61	18.71	14.35
16 Years	1,014	157	24	282,008	18.91	18.28	14.04	16.64
17 Years	786	127	21	345,172	14.66	14.78	12.28	20.36
18 Years	439	73	11	263,956	8.19	8.50	6.43	15.57
19 Years and over	201	47	4	103,034	3.75	5.47	2.34	6.08
Not stated	501	94	20	119,109	9.34	10.94	11.70	7.03
Total	5,362	859	171	1,695,135	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
FEMALE
Still at school	399	32	17	90,167	6.97	3.75	9.29	5.03
Never attended school	42	11	7	18,481	0.73	1.29	3.83	1.03
14 Years and under	878	114	30	269,426	15.33	13.35	16.39	15.04
15 Years	1,191	177	30	254,184	20.80	20.73	16.39	14.19
16 Years	1,070	168	36	294,604	18.69	19.67	19.67	16.45
17 Years	947	126	23	386,572	16.54	14.75	12.57	21.59
18 Years	503	99	9	259,129	8.78	11.59	4.92	14.47
19 Years and over	203	43	4	85,426	3.55	5.04	2.19	4.77
Not stated	493	84	27	132,926	8.61	9.84	14.75	7.42
Total	5,726	854	183	1,790,915	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
PERSONS
Still at school