Use the report to explore different views of data on enrolments, commencements and student numbers by month, year, education sector, source country and state/territory.
Key points
- In the year-to-date January 2024, there were 582,636 enrolments by international students, incorporating 523,403 enrolments carried over from 2023 and 59,233 commencements. January data should be interpreted with caution as most students will not commence semester-length courses before February or March. Nonetheless, the number of enrolments carried over from the previous year and the number of commencements in January 2024 are the highest on record.
- Fifty-six per cent of international students were from the following five student source countries: China (20 per cent of international students), India (17 per cent), Nepal (9 per cent), Philippines (6 per cent) and Vietnam (5 per cent).
- Growth in enrolments since 2019 is highest in the VET sector (54 per cent).
- Enrolments in Higher Education have increased by 10 per cent compared to 2019.
- Enrolments in ELICOS grew by 18 per cent compared to 2019 levels.
- Enrolments in Schools and Non-award declined by 24 and 31 per cent respectively.
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- Stream
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International Education
- Creator
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Department of Education
- Publisher
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Department of Education
- Publication type
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report
- Language
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English / Australian English
- Coverage
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Australia
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