2081.0 - Australians' journeys through life: Stories from the Australian Census Longitudinal Dataset, ACLD Quality Declaration 
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YEAR 11 AND 12 STUDENTS IN 2011: WHAT WERE THEY DOING IN 2016?

Infographic showing labour force and education outcomes in 2016 for students in Year 11 and 12 in 2011. Text version of infographic content is below.

There were 514,000 students in Year 11 and 12 in 2011.

What were they doing in 2016?

  • 72% were employed
  • 9% were unemployed, and
  • 19% were not in the labour force.
  • Forty-one percent had completed a non-school qualification. Common fields of study were Management and Commerce (21% of those with a qualification) and Society and Culture (17%).

For those who were employed in 2016:
  • common industries of employment were Retail trade (21%), Accommodation and food services (15%) and Health care and social assistance (10%), and
  • the employment rate for those who attended a government secondary school was 70%, a catholic secondary school was 77%, and other non-government secondary schools was 72%.

Forty-nine per cent were also studying in 2016:
  • 43% of those who attended a government secondary school were in further study in 2016,
  • 55% of those who attended a catholic secondary school were in further study in 2016, and
  • 60% of those who attended other non-government secondary schools were in further study in 2016.

Source: ABS, Australians' journeys through life: Stories from the Australian Census Longitudinal Dataset (ACLD), 2011-2016 (cat. no. 2081.0).