Educational institution: attendee status (TYSTAP)

Definition

This variable combines responses from Type of educational institution attending (TYPP), Full-time/part-time student status (STUP) and Age (AGEP) to indicate a person's attendee status at an education institution. We use this information to understand the education levels of the future workforce of Australia and whether people are taking part in employment, education, or training.

Scope

Persons attending an education institution

Categories

Code	Category
10	Preschool
21	Primary - Government
22	Primary - Catholic
23	Primary - other non-Government
29	Primary - not further defined
31	Secondary - Government
32	Secondary - Catholic
33	Secondary - other non-Government
39	Secondary - not further defined
41	Tertiary - vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers): full-time student: aged 15-24 years
42	Tertiary - vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers): full-time student: aged 25 years and over
43	Tertiary - vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers): part-time student: aged 15-24 years
44	Tertiary - vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers): part-time student: aged 25 years and over
45	Tertiary - vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers): full-time/part-time student status not stated
51	Tertiary - university or other higher education: full-time student: aged 15-24 years
52	Tertiary - university or other higher education: full-time student: aged 25 years and over
53	Tertiary - university or other higher education: part-time student: aged 15-24 years
54	Tertiary - university or other higher education: part-time student: aged 25 years and over
55	Tertiary - university or other higher education: full-time/part-time student status not stated
61	Tertiary - not further defined: full-time student: aged 15-24 years
62	Tertiary - not further defined: full-time student: aged 25 years and over
63	Tertiary - not further defined: part-time student: aged 15-24 years
64	Tertiary - not further defined: part-time student: aged 25 years and over
65	Tertiary - not further defined: full-time/part-time student status not stated
71	Other: full-time student
72	Other: part-time student
73	Other: full-time/part-time student status not stated
&&	Type of educational institution not stated
@@	Type of educational institution not applicable
VV	Overseas visitor

Number of categories: 30

Not applicable (@@) category comprises:

Persons not attending an education institution

See Understanding supplementary codes for more information.

Question(s) from the Census form

What is the person’s date of birth and age?

Is the person attending a school or other education institution?

What type of education institution is the person attending?

On the online form the type of education institution attending question is split into two parts. When a respondent selects either 'Primary', 'Secondary' or 'Tertiary institution (e.g. University and vocational education and training, including TAFE and private training providers)' they are presented with a second question to describe the type of education institution in more detail.

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What type of education institution is the person attending?

Description

What type of education institution is Person 1 attending? Include secondary colleges and senior high schools under ‘Secondary school’. For external, online or correspondence students, mark the type of institution in which they are enrolled. More information Person's type of education institution Preschool Primary school Secondary school Tertiary institution (e.g. University and vocational education and training, including TAFE and private training providers) Other education institution

More information

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Additional information relating to the question on: What type of education institution is the person attending?

Description

What type of education institution is Person 1 attending? Include secondary colleges and senior high schools under ‘Secondary school’. For external, online or correspondence students, mark the type of institution in which they are enrolled. More information Select 'Preschool' for a child who attends an early childhood education program. This may be conducted in conjunction with a centre based day care provider. Preschool is a structured, play based learning program, primarily aimed at children in the year or two before they commence full-time schooling. For students attending a combined primary and secondary school (e.g. K-12 school), report the level of schooling based on the year level they are currently attending. For a person currently studying at home because of lockdowns or other COVID-related reasons, select the type of education institution the person usually attends or is enrolled in.

Question when respondents select 'Primary school'

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Educational institution: attendee status example - Primary school response selected

Description

What type of primary school is Person 1 attending? More information Person's primary school type Government Catholic Other non-government

More information - Primary school

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Additional information relating to the question on: What type of education institution is the person attending? Primary school response

Description

What type of primary school is Person 1 attending? More information ‘Other non-government’ are independent education institutions, including Anglican schools and other schools which have associations with religious or secular bodies, or are entirely independent.

Question when respondents select 'Secondary school'

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Educational institution: attendee status example - Secondary school response selected

Description

What type of secondary school is Person 1 attending? More information Person's secondary school type Government Catholic Other non-government

More information - Secondary school

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Additional information relating to the question on: What type of education institution is the person attending? Secondary school response selected

Description

What type of secondary school is Person 1 attending? More information ‘Other non-government’ are independent education institutions, including Anglican schools and other schools which have associations with religious or secular bodies, or are entirely independent.

Question when respondents select 'Tertiary institution'

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Educational institution: attendee status example - Tertiary response selected

Description

What type of education institution is Person 1 attending? Include secondary colleges and senior high schools under ‘Secondary school’. For external, online or correspondence students, mark the type of institution in which they are enrolled. More information Person's type of education institution Preschool Primary school Secondary school Tertiary institution (e.g. University and vocational education and training, including TAFE and private training providers) (selected response) Other education institution What type of tertiary education institution is Person 1 attending? Person's tertiary institution type Vocational education and training (including TAFE and private training providers) University or other higher education

How this variable is created

This variable is derived using responses captured from the questions for Type of education institution attending, Full-time/part-time student status and the Age indicated on the Census form.

History and changes

Education institution: attendee status (TYSTAP) was first created for the 2011 Census.

In 2021 the following changes occurred:

Code numbers have been updated to align better with the TYPP variable.
Category names have been updated to reflect changes to the question wording (See TYPP).

Also for 2021, primary, secondary and tertiary not further defined fields have been added (categories 29, 39, 61-65) as this question is in two parts on the online form. The not further defined fields will get populated when a person only answers if they are attending an institution but does not specify the type, e.g. Secondary - Catholic.

Data use considerations

There are no data use considerations for this variable.

This variable does not have a non-response rate as it is created during Census processing by using responses from more than one question on the Census form.

Related variables and glossary terms

Age (AGEP)
Full-time/part-time student status (STUP)
Type of educational institution attending (TYPP)

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Definition

Scope

Categories

Question(s) from the Census form

What is the person’s date of birth and age?

Example

Example

More information

Is the person attending a school or other education institution?

More Information

Example

What type of education institution is the person attending?

More information

Question when respondents select 'Primary school'

More information - Primary school

Question when respondents select 'Secondary school'

More information - Secondary school

Question when respondents select 'Tertiary institution'

How this variable is created

History and changes

Data use considerations

Related variables and glossary terms

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