The table illustrates the number of research students studying in Australian universities in the years 2001 and 2010, while the pie charts compare the proportions of domestic and international students in those same years.
Overall, the number of research students saw a rising trend over the given period. Another notable feature is that the proportion of local research students was at its lowest, while the reverse was true for non-local research students.
Looking at the table in more detail, the number of domestic research students was 33,657 in 2001 and minimally climbed to 39,488 in 2010. Similarly, the figure for non-local research students was 5,192 in the first year and almost tripled to 14,593 in 2010.
Turning to the remaining dataset, it is observed that the proportion of local males and females declined considerably from 87% to 73% of the total, while international males and females increased significantly from 13% to 27% of the total. In 2001, the proportion of domestic males and females was 44% and 43% respectively. The figures for non-local males and females were just under 10%. In 2010, there were still more local males (38%) than females (35%), but international male students accounted for 12%, 3% less than their female counterparts, at 15%.