The provided bar charts delineate the proportion of distant age group students studying in Australia who are enrolled full-time and part-time in education, divided by gender, between 2006.
As transparent from the chart, during the examined period, the majority of students, both part-time and full-time, were in the 20 to 24 age range. Notably, there was a balance between the two educational options among female students aged 25 to 29.
The percentage of 20-to-24-year-old male and female students opting for part-time education was predominant in the chart, accounting for 40% and 42%, respectively, while the figure for the full-time option was approximately 30% lower for both genders. Despite being lower, a similar opposition was also observed in the age group 15 to 19. The percentage of male students studying part-time was 5% lower than that of female students, with part-time women at 17%, whereas the full-time level, making up just under one in ten, was 1% higher than that of females. Meanwhile, the proportion of females aged 25 to 29 in both full-time and part-time education was comparable at 8%. Conversely, 12% of women over 30 chose full-time education, double the part-time statistic. The opposite tendency was observed in males aged 25 to 29 and over 30, despite a similar gap of 2% in both age groups.