Higher Education Statistics Collection (HESC)
Data custodian/ |
Australian Government Department of Education - external site opens in new window |
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Attributes
Collection frequency |
Annual |
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Latest data |
2022 |
Description of data source |
The Higher Education Statistics Collection includes the Higher Education student data collection which encompasses enrolments, equivalent full-time student load (unit of study data) and completions. It includes all Higher Education Institutions that have been approved under the Higher Education Support Act 2003. |
Disability |
Disability refers to students who have indicated that they have a disability, impairment or long-term medical condition which may affect their studies. |
Disability types |
Changes in the data collection system have resulted in different reported disability types for HESC data prior to 2021 and from 2021 onwards. For pre-2021 data, the following disability types are reported:
From 2021, the following disability types are reported:
People may have more than one disability. In reporting by disability groups, people are counted separately for each disability group but are only counted once in the aggregated total. |
Age groups |
Age calculated at 31 December in the year prior to the reference year. |
Gender/sex |
Sex is recorded as ‘Male’, ‘Female’ or ‘Intersex/indeterminate’. |
Indigenous status |
Indigenous status is based on individuals self-identifying as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent. The term ‘First Nations students’ is used to refer to students who have identified as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent. |
Definition of CALD |
A domestic student who arrived in Australia less than 10 years prior to the year in which the data were collected, and who comes from a home where a language other than English is spoken. |
Geographic information |
Data collected in the 2016–2021 HESC are based on the 2016 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). Data collected in 2022 are based on the 2021 ASGS.1 Remoteness is classified according to Accessibility and Remoteness Index of Australia.2 |
State/Territory |
National, state and territory data are available. |
Measures reported | |
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