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 December 2024, there were 1,095,298 international student enrolments, a 15 per cent increase in enrolments on the same period in 2019 (before the COVID-19 pandemic).
- Year-to-date December commencements (571,986) are the highest on record and 12 per cent higher than in year-to-date December 2019 (510,501).
- Fifty-five per cent of international students were from the following five student source countries: China (22% of international students), India (16%), Nepal (8%), Philippines (5%) and Vietnam (4%).
- Growth in enrolments since 2019 is highest in the VET sector (40 per cent).
- Enrolments in Higher Education grew by 13 per cent on 2019 levels.
- Enrolments in ELICOS, Schools and Non-award have declined by 7, 23 and 25 per cent respectively on 2019.
- Creation Date
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- Modified date
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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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