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Population 16 years and over, by level of education, gender and age
	2012
	Population 1October	Highest completed education¹
	Total	Basic school level	Upper secondary education²	Tertiary education short³	Tertiary education long⁴
¹Not included persons with unknown or no completed education.
²Including the level 'Intermediate level' which comprises education based on completed upper secondary level, but which are not accredited as tertiary education.
³Tertiary education, short comprises higher education up to 4 years in duration.
⁴Tertiary education, long comprises higher education more than 4 years in duration.
Corrected 17 June 2014.
Total	4 061 984	28.2	42.0	22.1	7.7
16-19 years	261 007	88.3	11.7	0.0	.
20-24 years	337 384	29.8	51.6	18.1	0.6
25-29 years	329 044	22.1	34.3	32.5	11.1
30-34 years	333 463	19.2	34.3	31.3	15.2
35-39 years	344 616	15.0	39.7	32.0	13.4
40-49 years	735 735	19.4	43.1	27.4	10.0
50-59 years	635 691	23.2	45.8	23.3	7.7
60-66 years	402 932	21.2	52.0	19.9	6.9
67 years or older	682 112	36.3	46.2	13.0	4.5

Males	2 028 819	28.0	44.9	18.1	9.0
16-19 years	134 564	90.6	9.4	:	.
20-24 years	172 772	34.2	52.9	12.4	0.4
25-29 years	167 683	25.4	40.4	24.3	9.9
30-34 years	171 363	21.8	40.4	23.6	14.3
35-39 years	177 405	15.7	46.2	24.6	13.4
40-49 years	378 939	20.1	47.3	21.8	10.8
50-59 years	324 169	21.9	49.4	19.2	9.5
60-66 years	203 224	20.0	51.6	18.4	10.1
67 years or older	298 700	30.2	47.8	13.6	8.3

Females	2 033 165	28.4	39.1	26.0	6.5
16-19 years	126 443	85.8	14.2	0.0	.
20-24 years	164 612	25.2	50.2	24.0	0.7
25-29 years	161 361	18.7	28.1	40.9	12.2
30-34 years	162 100	16.6	28.0	39.4	16.1
35-39 years	167 211	14.2	32.9	39.6	13.3
40-49 years	356 796	18.7	38.7	33.4	9.3
50-59 years	311 522	24.5	42.1	27.5	5.9
60-66 years	199 708	22.4	52.5	21.4	3.7
67 years or older	383 412	41.0	44.9	12.4	1.6