The bar charts illustrate the proportion of Australian males and females in different age brackets involved in part-time and full-time education in 2006. Overall, women’s participation in part-time education was higher than men’s in all age groups, except for those over the 30 years old. Meanwhile, the figures for part-time showed nearly similar proportions across all age of groups for both females and males.
In terms of part-time education, the highest participation was seen in the 20-24 age group for both females and males, at about 42% and 40%, respectively. Following that, the 15-19 age bracket experienced the second highest participation, with about 17% for women and 12% for men. In the 25-29 age group, both genders had 8% participation, and the same figure was observed for men over 30. Meanwhile, women over 30 had the lowest participation in part-time education.
There was a minor disparity in full-time education between genders across all age groups. In the 20-24, 25-29, and over 30 age groups, women’s participation surpassed men’s, with approximately 13%, 8%, and 12% respectively. The percentage of participation for men was 1% or 2% lower than for women in each of these age groups. In contrast, 8% of men in the youngest age group were involved in full-time education, while women’s participation was 1% lower.