Australia: kindergarten enrolments by socio-economic group 2020

As of 2020, approximately 76.42 thousand children aged four or five years old from socio-economic quintile four were enrolled in a preschool program in Australia. The least number of children to be enrolled came from children in socio-economic quintile 1.

Number of children enrolled in a preschool program across Australia as of August 2020, by socio-economic group (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Number of children in thousands
Quintile 1	56.36
Quintile 2	62.47
Quintile 3	69.28
Quintile 4	76.42
Quintile 5	70.26

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Release date

April 2021

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Region

Australia

Survey time period

August 3 to August 9, 2020

Age group

4 or 5 years

Supplementary notes

Note: According to the source, a preschool program is defined as a structured, play based learning program, delivered by a degree qualified teacher, aimed primarily at children in the year or two before they commence full-time schooling.

Socio-economic groups are derived by an Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage and are aggregated into quintiles, where 1 is the most disadvantaged and 5 is the least disadvantaged.

The reference period for data collection for all states differs slightly, however the permissible period spans from June 27, 2019 to August 9, 2019 inclusive.

Values have been rounded.

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