The bar charts illustrate the proportion of people and their gender who took either full-time or part-time studies in Australia in 2006. Overall, people mainly preferred part-time studies to full-time ones, although the reverse was true for the oldest age group regardless of their gender. Notably, the majority of students were in 20-24 years cohort.
To begin with the figures for male students, in 2006, there were 12% part-time students compared to 8% full-time ones, whose age was between 15-19. The second group was for male students who were in 20-24 age bracket. This group composed the majority of students, having the biggest percentage for both part-time and full-time studies at 40% and 12% respectively. The figure for 25-29 age demographic was the smallest, for part-time there was only 8%, exceeding full-time ones by two percent point. There was similar percentage (8%) for part-time students in their 30+, while for full-time it composed little higher 10 percent.
For females there were almost similar patterns. The figure for 15-19 aged female who studied part-time was 17%, compared to 7% that of full-time. Meanwhile, the figure for 20-24 year female students studying part-time was outstanding 42% and 13% for full-time. The next age bracket (25-29) both part-time and full-time had similar percentages at 8%. Finally, the oldest age group part-time students’ percentage was as half as full-time ones with 12%.
