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GLOSSARY

Adult migrants

Migrants aged 15–64 years at the time of the survey who were at least 15 years of age when they arrived in Australia. Excludes all migrants who were under 15 years of age on arrival (regardless of their age at the time of the survey) and those migrants who were both 15 years or over on arrival AND over 64 years of age at the time of the survey.

After arrival

Any qualification(s) completed by a migrant in the same year as their arrival in Australia as well as any qualification(s) completed in subsequent years. See also Before arrival.

Balance of state/territory

Comprises people usually resident in areas outside of the eight capital city Statistical Divisions (as defined in the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) (cat. no. 1216.0)). Balance of state/territory does not include any residents of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).

Before arrival
Any qualification(s) completed by a migrant in any year prior to the year of their arrival in Australia. See also After arrival.

Capital city

Comprises people usually resident in areas within the eight capital city Statistical Divisions (as defined in the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) (cat. no. 1216.0)). Includes all residents of the ACT.

Completed qualification

The completion of all academic requirements for the conferring of an award from an institution. See also Qualification.

Completion in Australia

If the person studied for the qualification overseas via correspondence with an Australian educational institution, then the qualification is said to have been completed in Australia. If the person studied for the qualification in Australia by correspondence with an overseas educational institution, then the qualification is said to have been completed overseas.

Employed

All people aged 15 years and over who, during the week prior to interview:

• worked for one hour or more for pay, profit, commission or payment in kind in a job or business, or on a farm (comprising employees, employers and own account workers)
• worked for one hour or more without pay in a family business or on a farm (i.e. contributing family workers)
• were employees who had a job but were not at work and were:
  • away from work for less than four weeks up to the end of the reference week
  • away from work for more than four weeks up to the end of the reference week and received pay for some or all of the four week period to the end of the reference week
  • away from work as a standard work or shift arrangement
  • on strike or locked out
  • on workers' compensation and expected to return to their job, or
• were employers or own account workers, who had a job, business or farm, but were not at work.

Employed persons who usually worked 35 hours or more a week (in all jobs) and those who, although usually working less than 35 hours a week, worked 35 hours or more during the reference week.

Employed part-time

Employed persons who usually worked less than 35 hours or more a week (in all jobs) and either did so during the reference week, or were not at work in the reference week.

Labour force status

A classification of the civilian population aged 15 years and over into employed, unemployed or not in the labour force, as defined. The definitions conform closely to the international standard definitions adopted by the International Conferences of Labour Statisticians.

Level of highest educational attainment

Level of highest educational attainment identifies the highest achievement a person has attained in any area of study. It is not a measurement of the relative importance of different fields of study but a ranking of qualifications and other educational attainments regardless of the particular area of study or the type of institution in which the study was undertaken. See the Level of Highest Educational Attainment section in the Explanatory Notes for further details on how the highest level is derived.

Non–school qualification

Non-school qualifications are awarded for educational attainments other than those of pre-primary, primary or secondary education. They include qualifications at the Postgraduate degree level, Graduate Diploma and Graduate certificate level, Bachelor degree level, Advanced Diploma and Diploma level, and Certificates I, II, III and IV levels. Non-school qualifications may be attained concurrently with school qualifications. See also Qualification.

Not in labour force

Participation rate

Persons who were not in the categories 'employed' or 'unemployed' (as defined).

Qualification

Formal certification, issued by a relevant approved body, in recognition that a person has achieved an appropriate level of learning outcomes or competencies relevant to identified individual, professional, industry or community needs. Statements of attainment awarded for partial completion of a course of study at a particular level are excluded. Also referred to as non-school qualifications for the purposes of this release.

Unemployed

People aged 15 years and over who were not employed during the reference week, and:

• had actively looked for full-time or part-time work at any time in the four weeks up to the end of the reference week and were available for work in the reference week, or
• were waiting to start a new job within four weeks from the end of the reference week and could have started in the reference week if the job had been available then.