Higher education equity groups tables for the 2025 full year. Equity groups include students that:
- are from non-English speaking backgrounds (NESB);
- have a disability;
- are women in non-traditional areas;
- identify as First Nations;
- are from low SES (socioeconomic status) locations; and
- are from regional and remote locations.
If you require further information, a data request can be submitted to the Department. Please see the Data Requests, Data Protocols, Data Privacy and Visual Analytics Guide page.
Changes to Regional and Remote statistics
The 2025 student data include an improved measure of regional and remote status of a student, based on the statistical area 1 (SA1) of the student's (current or first) address. The Regional and Remote (SA1) measure has higher accuracy than the postcode measure and removes the proportionality issue of the previous method. In line with policy reforms, the department will move to retire the postcode measure from program administration and reporting over the next few years. Both SA1 and Postcode measures are included in 2025 data.
A note about 2020 Higher Education Equity and Equity Performance Data:
During the transition to the Tertiary Collection of Student Information (TCSI) System, enrolment numbers for students with disability were substantially under-reported in the case of several universities. This issue affects the 2020 access, participation, and success indicators and the 2020 retention rates. Caution should be taken when using the 2020 enrolment data points for students with disability. All other time points are unaffected.
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- File Reference
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D26/4165719
- Creator
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Department of Education
- Publisher
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Department of Education
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English / Australian English
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Australia
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