Australian education, in data
Interactive tools across the education market — from international student flows into Australia to the supply and demand shaping global student mobility. Choose an area to explore.
International Education
Australian international student enrolments and commencements since 2005 — by sector, source country, state, and provider, with year-on-year comparison and projection.
Explore →LiveMobility Country Reports
Per-country supply and demand for international student mobility — domestic education quality and capacity versus the drivers to study abroad, benchmarked globally.
Explore →LiveDomestic Education
Australia's school-to-university pipeline by state — secondary retention, undergraduate applications and offers, and university commencements, completions and study load.
Explore →In developmentEarly Education (ECEC)
Early childhood education and care — participation, provider supply, and workforce across the Australian ECEC sector.
Preview →Latest analysis
Dated deep-dives into individual data releases — the story behind the numbers.
- Release AnalysisThe boom has turned — May 2026→
The first year-on-year decline of the post-pandemic era: enrolments −7.6%, commencements −8.0%, concentrated in VET, ELICOS and the pathway source markets.
- Case StudyThe South Australian commencement anomaly→
Why the Adelaide University merger makes the year-on-year figures hard to compare — research commencements jumped tenfold while genuine new arrivals fell.