The table provides data on gender distribution, first language, and nationality across six university departments.
Overall, Humanities and Education have the highest female representation, while Engineering has the lowest. Additionally, departments like IT and Physics have a high percentage of students who are not native English speakers and those born outside Australia.
Humanities and Education departments have the largest proportions of female students, with 72% and 68%, respectively. Both departments have relatively low percentages of students whose first language is not English, at 12% for Humanities and 16% for Education, and only 20% and 23% are born outside Australia. In contrast, Science, while still having a majority female population (52%), shows higher diversity with 45% of students having a non-English first language and 31% born abroad.
The Physics and IT departments have fewer female students, with 56% in Physics and only 17% in IT. However, they both feature a significant portion of students from non-English backgrounds and those born outside Australia, both at 56%. Engineering has the lowest percentage of females (15%) but also shows considerable diversity, with 42% non-native English speakers and 48% born outside Australia.