International student monthly summary

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 September 2024, there were 1,018,799 international student enrolments, a 16 per cent increase in enrolments on the same period in 2019 (before the COVID-19 pandemic).
  • Year-to-date September commencements (495,469) are the highest on record and 14 per cent higher than in year-to-date September 2019 (433,277).
  • 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 (42 per cent).
  • Enrolments in Higher Education are 13 per cent above 2019 levels.
  • Enrolments in ELICOS drop by 1 per cent on 2019.
  • Enrolments in Schools and Non-award have declined by 23 and 24 per cent respectively on 2019 levels.
International student monthly summary September
Creation Date
Modified date
Stream
International Education
Creator
Department of Education
Publisher
Department of Education
Publication type
report
Language
English / Australian English
Coverage
Australia

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