The table compares the number of research students studying in different universities in Australia in two years, namely 2001 and 2010, while the pie charts illustrate the percentage of males and females among each research student.
It can be seen that there were upward trends in the number of both types of students, with the figures for local students being higher in both years. In addition, the percentage of international students increased, while the opposite was true for residents.
In 2001, 33,657 residents studied in Australia, which was much higher than the number of foreign research students, at only 5,192 individuals. Over the next 9 years, similar trends can be seen in the figures for both local and international students, which increased significantly to 39,488 and 14,593 people, respectively, making the total number of students considerably rise from 38,849 to 54,081.
In 2001, the percentage of national students was sixfold the figure for international students, at 87% and 13% respectively. The proportion of local men was 44%, which was higher than that of local women, at 43%, while the figure for foreigners was similar, at 9% and 4%. In 2010, there were downward trends in the percentage of local students, with male and female students decreasing slightly by 6% and 8% respectively. An opposite trend can be seen in the figure for international research students, with 15% of non-local females and 12% of non-local males studying in Australian universities.