This variable combines responses from Type of educational institution attending (TYPP), Full-time/part-time student status (STUP) and Age (AGEP) to indicate a person's attendee status at an education institution. We use this information to understand the education levels of the future workforce of Australia and whether people are taking part in employment, education, or training.
Scope
Persons attending an education institution
Categories
Code
Category
10
Preschool
21
Primary - Government
22
Primary - Catholic
23
Primary - other non-Government
29
Primary - not further defined
31
Secondary - Government
32
Secondary - Catholic
33
Secondary - other non-Government
39
Secondary - not further defined
41
Tertiary - vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers): full-time student: aged 15-24 years
42
Tertiary - vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers): full-time student: aged 25 years and over
43
Tertiary - vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers): part-time student: aged 15-24 years
44
Tertiary - vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers): part-time student: aged 25 years and over
45
Tertiary - vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers): full-time/part-time student status not stated
51
Tertiary - university or other higher education: full-time student: aged 15-24 years
52
Tertiary - university or other higher education: full-time student: aged 25 years and over
53
Tertiary - university or other higher education: part-time student: aged 15-24 years
54
Tertiary - university or other higher education: part-time student: aged 25 years and over
55
Tertiary - university or other higher education: full-time/part-time student status not stated
61
Tertiary - not further defined: full-time student: aged 15-24 years
62
Tertiary - not further defined: full-time student: aged 25 years and over
63
Tertiary - not further defined: part-time student: aged 15-24 years
64
Tertiary - not further defined: part-time student: aged 25 years and over
65
Tertiary - not further defined: full-time/part-time student status not stated
71
Other: full-time student
72
Other: part-time student
73
Other: full-time/part-time student status not stated
What is Person 1's date of birth?
If date of birth is not known, please select 'Don't know date of birth' and provide Person 1's age.
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Day Month Year
OR
Don't know date of birth
Age
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What is Person 1's date of birth?
If date of birth is not known, please select 'Don't know date of birth' and provide Person 1's age.
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Day Month Year
OR
Don't know date of birth (selected response)
Age years
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What is Person 1's date of birth?
If date of birth is not known, please select 'Don't know date of birth' and provide Person 1's age.
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18 March 1993
OR
Don't know date of birth
Age
28 years
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What is Person 1's date of birth?
If date of birth is not known, please select 'Don't know date of birth' and provide Person 1's age.
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It is important to note:
•Date of birth is the date that the person was born.
•Age is required only if the person's date of birth is not known. Please report age at Census night – Tuesday 10 August 2021.
If the person is less than one year old and their date of birth is not known, enter '0' in the age box.
Is the person attending a school or other education institution?
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Is Person 1 attending a school or any other education institution?
Include tertiary education and vocational education and training providers (e.g. TAFE and private training providers).
Include external, online or correspondence study.
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Person's school attendance
No
Yes, full-time student
Yes, part-time student
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Is Person 1 attending a school or any other education institution?
Include tertiary education and vocational education and training providers (e.g. TAFE and private training providers).
Include external, online or correspondence study.
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Select full-time student or part-time student based on whether the institution considers the person to be a full-time or part-time student.
For a person who attends only hobby or recreational courses, select 'No'.
If the person is currently studying at home because of lockdowns or other COVID-related reasons, but usually attends a school or other education institution, select one of the 'Yes' options.
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Is Person 1 attending a school or any other education institution?
Include tertiary education and vocational education and training providers (e.g. TAFE and private training providers).
Include external, online or correspondence study.
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Person's school attendance
No (selected response)
Yes, full-time student
Yes, part-time student
Type of Education Institution
This question does not apply, based on your answer to the previous question.
What type of education institution is the person attending?
On the online form the type of education institution attending question is split into two parts. When a respondent selects either 'Primary', 'Secondary' or 'Tertiary institution (e.g. University and vocational education and training, including TAFE and private training providers)' they are presented with a second question to describe the type of education institution in more detail.
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What type of education institution is Person 1 attending?
Include secondary colleges and senior high schools under ‘Secondary school’.
For external, online or correspondence students, mark the type of institution in which they are enrolled.
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Person's type of education institution
Preschool
Primary school
Secondary school
Tertiary institution (e.g. University and vocational education and training, including TAFE and private training providers)
Other education institution
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What type of education institution is Person 1 attending?
Include secondary colleges and senior high schools under ‘Secondary school’.
For external, online or correspondence students, mark the type of institution in which they are enrolled.
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Select 'Preschool' for a child who attends an early childhood education program. This may be conducted in conjunction with a centre based day care provider.
Preschool is a structured, play based learning program, primarily aimed at children in the year or two before they commence full-time schooling.
For students attending a combined primary and secondary school (e.g. K-12 school), report the level of schooling based on the year level they are currently attending.
For a person currently studying at home because of lockdowns or other COVID-related reasons, select the type of education institution the person usually attends or is enrolled in.
Question when respondents select 'Primary school'
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What type of primary school is Person 1 attending?
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Person's primary school type
Government
Catholic
Other non-government
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What type of primary school is Person 1 attending?
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‘Other non-government’ are independent education institutions, including Anglican schools and other schools which have associations with religious or secular bodies, or are entirely independent.
Question when respondents select 'Secondary school'
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What type of secondary school is Person 1 attending?
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Person's secondary school type
Government
Catholic
Other non-government
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What type of secondary school is Person 1 attending?
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‘Other non-government’ are independent education institutions, including Anglican schools and other schools which have associations with religious or secular bodies, or are entirely independent.
Question when respondents select 'Tertiary institution'
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What type of education institution is Person 1 attending?
Include secondary colleges and senior high schools under ‘Secondary school’.
For external, online or correspondence students, mark the type of institution in which they are enrolled.
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Person's type of education institution
Preschool
Primary school
Secondary school
Tertiary institution (e.g. University and vocational education and training, including TAFE and private training providers) (selected response)
Other education institution
What type of tertiary education institution is Person 1 attending?
Person's tertiary institution type
Vocational education and training (including TAFE and private training providers)
University or other higher education
How this variable is created
This variable is derived using responses captured from the questions for Type of education institution attending, Full-time/part-time student status and the Age indicated on the Census form.
History and changes
Education institution: attendee status (TYSTAP) was first created for the 2011 Census.
In 2021 the following changes occurred:
Code numbers have been updated to align better with the TYPP variable.
Category names have been updated to reflect changes to the question wording (See TYPP).
Also for 2021, primary, secondary and tertiary not further defined fields have been added (categories 29, 39, 61-65) as this question is in two parts on the online form. The not further defined fields will get populated when a person only answers if they are attending an institution but does not specify the type, e.g. Secondary - Catholic.
Data use considerations
There are no data use considerations for this variable.
This variable does not have a non-response rate as it is created during Census processing by using responses from more than one question on the Census form.
