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Australia: Over-age students, primary

3.79percent · 2017-44.1% since 2007

Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education. Annual figures for Australia from 1971 to 2017.

19782017

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20173.789
20163.758
20153.793
20146.942
20136.989
20127.179
20117.261
20107.199
20096.604
20086.544
20076.776
20066.734
20056.61
20046.608
20036.423
20026.328
20016.107
20006.055
19995.96
19985.883
19975.88
19965.867
19955.997
19946.626
19936.466
19926.095
19915.967
19905.531
19895.478
19885.398
19875.499
19865.609
19855.606
19846.7
19836.29
19825.766
19815.66
19805.818
19795.905
19785.95
19776.345
19766.832
19757.069
19747.302
19737.124
19717.021

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Over-age students, primary. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-over-age-students-primary (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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