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Population 16 years and over, by age, level of education and field of education
	2012
	Total	Age
	Total	16-19 years	20-24 years	25-29 years	30-34 years	35-39 years	40-49 years	50-59 years	60-66 years	67 years or older
¹Includes intermediate level courses based on completed upper secondary level, but which are not accredited as tertiary education.
²Tertiary education, short comprises higher education up to 4 years in duration.
³Tertiary education, long comprises higher education more than 4 years in duration.
Total	4 061 984	261 007	337 384	329 044	333 463	344 616	735 735	635 691	402 932	682 112

Basic school level	1 107 898	224 082	95 882	67 350	59 649	49 097	138 364	144 270	84 407	244 797

Upper secondary education¹	1 648 207	29 797	165 923	104 562	106 371	130 023	307 075	285 302	207 267	311 887
General programmes	437 142	22 395	80 777	22 086	20 930	24 193	53 761	53 355	60 338	99 307
Humanities and arts	57 067	1 731	9 641	6 839	6 194	3 840	7 214	7 699	4 884	9 025
Education	2 846	.	77	140	161	237	493	585	485	668
Social sciences and law	9 548	1 617	5 923	1 036	225	265	330	90	31	31
Business and administration	250 076	:	5 128	7 865	7 537	19 229	50 797	54 234	41 051	64 233
Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects	511 497	730	35 961	41 108	42 773	52 150	125 050	97 884	53 733	62 108
Health, welfare and sport	217 764	2 820	17 778	13 624	16 489	16 778	40 777	44 047	27 800	37 651
Primary industries	51 804	359	2 726	2 545	2 996	4 155	8 977	10 085	5 986	13 975
Transport and communications, safty and security and other services	99 169	129	7 225	8 000	7 380	7 195	16 550	15 473	12 577	24 640
Unspecified field of study	11 294	14	687	1 319	1 686	1 981	3 126	1 850	382	249

Tertiary education short²	866 348	7	58 139	98 896	97 257	104 699	195 418	145 187	79 202	87 543
General programmes	816	.	67	160	158	138	173	73	29	18
Humanities and arts	82 259	5	5 214	9 254	8 090	11 539	18 870	14 585	7 455	7 247
Education	202 532	.	7 514	15 799	17 904	23 101	43 506	37 502	26 775	30 431
Social sciences and law	49 473	.	8 856	11 034	6 062	5 260	8 452	5 284	2 640	1 885
Business and administration	146 723	.	10 471	17 735	18 261	18 175	40 769	22 061	10 095	9 156
Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects	131 556	:	10 630	15 612	15 253	13 350	25 511	22 447	12 339	16 412
Health, welfare and sport	208 434	.	13 479	24 598	25 782	25 067	44 301	37 273	17 826	20 108
Primary industries	3 993	.	303	649	658	646	1 105	455	95	82
Transport and communications, safty and security and other services	25 654	.	1 311	3 057	3 602	5 279	8 282	2 293	657	1 173
Unspecified field of study	14 908	.	294	998	1 487	2 144	4 449	3 214	1 291	1 031

Tertiary education long³	304 061	.	1 784	33 652	47 036	43 766	71 577	48 060	27 569	30 617
General programmes	69	.	.	:	5	11	30	14	3	5
Humanities and arts	36 261	.	141	2 986	5 199	5 369	8 016	5 348	4 434	4 768
Education	13 118	.	45	1 533	1 680	1 604	2 603	2 389	1 676	1 588
Social sciences and law	54 383	.	237	6 482	8 769	7 967	14 108	7 858	4 958	4 004
Business and administration	29 478	.	356	5 821	7 176	5 460	6 836	2 746	808	275
Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects	100 271	.	594	10 751	14 921	13 961	25 082	15 664	8 409	10 889
Health, welfare and sport	51 815	.	341	5 182	7 628	7 338	10 351	9 396	5 336	6 243
Primary industries	7 796	.	25	371	628	972	1 886	1 816	786	1 312
Transport and communications, safty and security and other services	6 261	.	16	196	296	259	1 475	2 124	761	1 134
Unspecified field of study	4 609	.	29	329	734	825	1 190	705	398	399

Unspecified field of study	135 470	7 121	15 656	24 584	23 150	17 031	23 301	12 872	4 487	7 268

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