Table 3 Population 16 years and over by, by level of education (new classification), gender and age. 1 October 2006. Per cent

3	Population 16 years and over by, by level of education (new classification), gender and age. 1 October 2006. Per cent

Gender and age	Total	Highest completed education¹

Gender and age	Total	Below upper secondary education	Upper secondary education²	Tertiary education, short³	Tertiary education, long ⁴

Total	3 716 610	31.3	43.4	19.6	5.8
16-19 years	243 985	88.8	11.2	0.0	0.0
20-24 years	277 447	30.7	53.1	15.9	0.3
25-29 years	287 448	21.1	39.1	32.4	7.5
30-39 years	685 254	18.0	43.0	29.3	9.7
40-49 years	662 405	25.5	43.7	23.7	7.1
50-59 years	602 688	21.4	51.1	20.8	6.6
60-66 years	338 724	27.3	50.3	16.5	5.9
67 years and above	618 659	45.3	42.3	9.3	3.2

Males	1 830 628	30.1	45.8	16.6	7.5
16-19 years	124 933	91.3	8.7	0.0	0.0
20-24 years	141 555	36.0	53.0	10.8	0.2
25-29 years	144 591	24.1	44.4	24.1	7.4
30-39 years	347 290	18.8	47.7	23.1	10.4
40-49 years	338 377	24.7	47.6	19.0	8.7
50-59 years	305 937	20.0	52.1	18.5	9.4
60-66 years	169 402	24.4	50.3	16.1	9.2
67 years and above	258 543	38.1	45.1	10.4	6.4

Females	1 885 982	32.4	41.0	22.5	4.1
16-19 years	119 052	86.2	13.8	0.0	-
20-24 years	135 892	25.1	53.2	21.3	0.3
25-29 years	142 857	17.9	33.5	41.1	7.5
30-39 years	337 964	17.1	38.2	35.7	8.9
40-49 years	324 028	26.3	39.6	28.6	5.4
50-59 years	296 751	22.8	50.2	23.2	3.7
60-66 years	169 322	30.2	50.4	16.9	2.5
67 years and above	360 116	50.4	40.2	8.5	0.9

¹	Not included persons with unknown or no completed education.
²	Including the level 'Intermediate level' which comprises education based on completed upper secondary level, but which are not accredited as tertiary education.
³	Tertiary education, short comprises higher education up to 4 years in duration.
⁴	Tertiary education, long comprises higher education more than 4 years in duration.