Table 3 Population 16 years and over, by level of education, gender and age. 2011. Per cent

3 Population 16 years and over, by level of education, gender and age. 2011. 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	3 999 434	28.6	42.3	21.7	7.4
16-19 years	259 181	87.7	12.3	0.0	-
20-24 years	329 266	30.0	52.2	17.3	0.5
25-29 years	320 154	22.0	35.2	32.3	10.5
30-34 years	324 353	18.7	35.3	31.6	14.4
35-39 years	350 402	15.2	40.8	31.5	12.5
40-49 years	724 142	20.5	43.3	26.7	9.5
50-59 years	628 424	22.8	46.6	23.1	7.5
60-66 years	400 272	22.0	52.0	19.2	6.7
67 years and above	663 240	37.9	45.5	12.3	4.3

Males	1 992 784	28.3	45.2	17.8	8.7
16-19 years	133 979	89.9	10.1	0.0	-
20-24 years	167 713	34.3	53.6	11.7	0.4
25-29 years	163 276	25.4	41.0	24.1	9.5
30-34 years	165 979	21.1	41.5	23.7	13.7
35-39 years	179 908	16.0	46.8	24.4	12.8
40-49 years	372 577	21.0	47.4	21.2	10.4
50-59 years	319 945	21.5	49.9	19.2	9.5
60-66 years	201 756	20.6	51.4	18.0	10.0
67 years and above	287 651	31.6	47.3	13.1	8.0

Females	2 006 650	29.0	39.5	25.4	6.1
16-19 years	125 202	85.4	14.6	0.0	-
20-24 years	161 553	25.5	50.8	23.1	0.6
25-29 years	156 878	18.6	29.2	40.7	11.5
30-34 years	158 374	16.3	29.0	39.6	15.1
35-39 years	170 494	14.4	34.5	38.8	12.3
40-49 years	351 565	19.9	39.0	32.5	8.6
50-59 years	308 479	24.2	43.2	27.1	5.5
60-66 years	198 516	23.4	52.7	20.5	3.4
67 years and above	375 589	42.8	44.0	11.7	1.5

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.