Over-age students, primary in Australia
Australia: Over-age students, primary was 3.8% in 2017. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary in Australia, 1971–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of enrollment.
Analysis
In 2017, over-age students, primary in Australia stood at 3.8%.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and down 44.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary in Australia peaked at 7.3% in 1974 and was at its lowest, 3.8%, in 2016.
That places Australia 115th out of 191 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 46 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary in Australia, year by year
| Year | % of enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 7.0% | — |
| 1973 | 7.1% | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 7.3% | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 7.1% | -3.2% |
| 1976 | 6.8% | -3.4% |
| 1977 | 6.3% | -7.1% |
| 1978 | 5.9% | -6.2% |
| 1979 | 5.9% | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 5.8% | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 5.7% | -2.7% |
| 1982 | 5.8% | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 6.3% | +9.1% |
| 1984 | 6.7% | +6.5% |
| 1985 | 5.6% | -16.3% |
| 1986 | 5.6% | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 5.5% | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 5.4% | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 5.5% | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 5.5% | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 6.0% | +7.9% |
| 1992 | 6.1% | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 6.5% | +6.1% |
| 1994 | 6.6% | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 6.0% | -9.5% |
| 1996 | 5.9% | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 5.9% | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 5.9% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 6.0% | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 6.1% | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 6.1% | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 6.3% | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 6.4% | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 6.6% | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 6.6% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 6.7% | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 6.8% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 6.5% | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 6.6% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 7.2% | +9.0% |
| 2011 | 7.3% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 7.2% | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 7.0% | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 6.9% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 3.8% | -45.4% |
| 2016 | 3.8% | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 3.8% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.7% | 5.9% | 7.3% | 8 |
| 1980s | 5.8% | 5.4% | 6.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.0% | 5.5% | 6.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.5% | 6.1% | 6.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.9% | 3.8% | 7.3% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 112 Brunei Darussalam 4.1% compare
- 113 Macau, China 4.0% compare
- 114 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.9% compare
- 116 Seychelles 3.6% compare
- 117 Antigua and Barbuda 3.6% compare
- 118 Luxembourg 3.5% compare
More education data for Australia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 105,469 (1999)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 99.61 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 99.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary in Australia?
- Over-age students, primary in Australia was 3.8% in 2017, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 7.3% in 1974.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.8% in 2016.
- How does Australia rank for over-age students, primary?
- Australia ranks 115th out of 191 countries with data for 2017.
- Is over-age students, primary rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.