The table and pie charts demonstrate the distribution of local and international students of two genders engaged in research in Australian universities between 2001 and 2010.
In general, it can be seen clearly that the number of research students born in Australia witnessed a significant distribution compared to the international research students in both periods. Noticeably, there was a significant increase in student researchers coming from other countries after the last year of the decade.
In more detail, the statistic of local researchers was 33.657 (87%) students, while that of international research students was about one-sixth compared to the rest of the students in the total of 38.849 students surveyed in 2001. Diving deeper into the information of 87% of local research students, there was an identical percentage of students of male and female genders at 44% and 43%, respectively. In addition, the figure for non-local male student researchers was 9%, which nearly doubled for the remaining gender (4%).
Turning to the next period in 2010, local students experienced a considerable growth of approximately 6.000 students, whereas more and more international students engaged in the research area and rocketed to 14.593 students. Local students surveyed had a slight decrease of about 7% for both males and females at 38% and 35%, respectively. Furthermore, the number of international female students participated in research in Australian universities contributed to 15% of the total of 27% international research students.