Comprehensive Analysis: Australians in Higher Education Demographics

This assignment provides a comprehensive overview of Australian demographics, focusing on key aspects relevant to higher education. It presents detailed data on the total population, including gender distribution, median age, and family statistics such as the number of families and average children per family. The analysis extends to education, detailing the number of students in pre-school, government, Catholic, and non-government schools, as well as technical and university education. It also includes data on the level of education achieved, ranging from bachelor's degrees to high school. Furthermore, the assignment examines the language diversity of Australia, listing the number of people speaking various languages. Data on the birth countries of residents is also provided, as well as religious demographics. The assignment includes visual aids such as maps and references to support the findings, offering a thorough demographic profile of Australia.

Australians in
Higher Education
NAME OF THE STUDENT:
STUDENT ID:

Demographics in Australia
 Total number of people is
23,401,892
 Number of males: 49.3% or
11,537,133.
 Number of females: 50.7% or
11,864,759.
 The median age is 38 years.
FIG 1. Map of Australia (source: (Edition, 2019))

Demographics in Australia (cont.)
 Number of families: 6,070,316
 Average children per family:
 1. For families with children: 1.8
 2. For all families: 0.8
 Number of private dwellings: 9,901,496
 Average person per household: 2.6
 Median income per week per house: $1438
 Median monthly mortgage payments: $1755
 Median weekly rent: $335

Education of Australia
Number of people schooled:
 Pre-schooled: 347621
 Government: 2142292
 Catholic: 718988
 Non government: 512108
 Technical: 424869
 University: 1160626
 Other: 198383
 Not stated: 1707023
23%
9%
16%
41%
11%
HEAP in 2016
Bachelor degree level and above
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level
All Certificate levels
High School (9, 10, 11 & 12)
No educational attachment and not stated

Education of Australia (cont.)
Level of education achieved:
 Bachelor degree: 4181406
 Diploma level: 1687893
 Certificate level: 3009600
 High school: 7519856
 No education: 145844
 Not stated: 1974794
Bachelor degree level and above
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level
Certificate level IV
Certificate level III
Year 12
Year 11
Year 10
Certificate level II
Certificate level I
Year 9 or below
No educational attachment
Not stated
0
5
10
15
20
25
HEAP in 2016
Percentage

Language diversity of Australia
 Number of people speaking English:
7852224
 Number of people speaking
Australian: 7298243
 Number of people speaking Irish:
2388058
 Number of people speaking Scottish:
2023470
 Number of people speaking Chinese:
1213903
FIG 2. Languages in Australia (Source: (Reddit.com,
2019))

Number of people by birth
country wise
 Australia: 15614835
 New Zealand: 518466
 China: 509555
 India: 455389
 England: 907570
 Philippines: 232386

Religions of Australia
 Number of people religion wise:
 No religion: 6933708
 Catholic: 5291834
 Anglican: 3101185
 Not stated: 2238735
 Uniting Church: 870183

References
 Quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. (2019). 2016 Census
QuickStats: Australia. [online] Available at:
https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getprodu
ct/census/2016/quickstat/036 [Accessed 21 Jun. 2019].
 Ndhlovu, F. and Willoughby, L., 2017. Migration, heritage
languages, and changing demographics in Australia. In The
Routledge Handbook of Heritage Language Education (pp. 22-32).
Routledge.
 Ross, B. and Grieve, A., 2017. Changing demographics: Supervising
international social work students on placement in Australia.
 Edition, A. (2019). Australia Wall Map GeoPolitical Deluxe Edition.
[online] SWIFTMAPS.com. Available at:
https://www.swiftmaps.com/wall-maps/australia-wall-map-
geopolitical-deluxe-edition/ [Accessed 22 Jun. 2019].
 Reddit.com. (2019). Map of Australian Languages : australia.
[online] Available at:
https://www.reddit.com/r/australia/comments/4rs67s/map_of_austr
alian_languages/ [Accessed 22 Jun. 2019].

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