Australia: number of people with a need for assistance by educational setting 2021

In Australia in 2021, approximately 14 thousand people that needed assistance with core activities attended preschool. In contrast, around 96 thousand people attended primary school and almost 29 thousand were enrolled in tertiary education.

Number of people with a need for assistance with core activities in Australia as of 2021, by educational setting

Characteristic	Number of persons
Preschool	14,002
Total primary	96,251
Total secondary	62,227
Total tertiary	28,820
Other	15,446

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Release date

June 2022

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Region

Australia

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

This variable records the number of people with a profound or severe core activity limitation. People with a profound or severe core activity limitation are those needing assistance in their day to day lives in one or more of the three core activity areas of self-care, mobility and communication because of: a long-term health condition (lasting six months or more) a disability (lasting six months or more) old age

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