The table compares the number of research students in Australian universities in 2001 and 2010. The pie chart, however, illustrates the contribution of different brackets of these students.
Overall, there was an increase in the number of both categories of local and international students, as well as the total figures. While the proportion of local students was higher, with two genders being equivalent, the figures for non-local males and females witnessed opposite patterns in the two years.
Regarding the number of students, although both figures for local and international students witnessed a rise, the threefold gap between these two brackets remained unchanged. The total numbers, as a result, also recorded a significant increase of roughly 15,000 in 2010.
In 2001, the proportion of Australian students dominated at over 90 percent. The percentage of male and female students in this figure also shared the same statistic, representing nearly 45 percent each. The figure for non-local males, on the other hand, was twice that of their female counterparts, constituting 9 percent in 2001. However, in 2010, the pattern was reversed, with the proportion of international female students being 15 percent, slightly greater than the 12 percent of international males. Relatively, local males and females in this year decreased, sharing a proportion of one-third.