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Atlas of Australian public VET - Introduction
Please note this is a 'beta version' of the Atlas, as it is still being developed and tested. Therefore, until the final version is released, caution should be exercised when using data contained within the Atlas. Due to a slight change in methodology in assigning Statistical Divisions to data, some previously released data may have changed.
Scope
The Atlas of Australian public VET presents a snapshot of various vocational education and training data for all parts of Australia. The Atlas presents data from NCVER's Students and courses collection and Apprentices and trainees collection, together with a small amount of population data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Data is presented at three levels:
- National level data
- State/territory level data
- Statistical division data.
The data is presented in a selection of maps and tables at the national and state/territory levels, and in tables for the statistical divisions.
The Atlas of Australian public VET is a dynamic resource. New tables, maps and graphs will be added as they become available.
Geographical scope
The basic geographical unit in the Atlas of Australian public VET is the statistical division. NCVER data is converted from postcode regions to statistical local areas (SLA) using a postcode-statistical local area concordance (ABS catalogue number 2905.0.55.001) and then amalgamated up to statistical division level.
To enable comparison of data across years, the Atlas has adopted ASGC 2006 geographical units for all years and not just from 2006 onwards, when the new standard was introduced.
Full details of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) 2006 (catalogue number 1216.0) can be found at the ABS website (http://www.abs.gov.au).
How to navigate
Content in the Atlas can be accessed by using either the navigation maps or the menu on the right hand side of each page.
Using the navigation maps
From the map of Australia:
- to access data for the whole of Australia, click on the 'data for Australia total area' link
- to go to a state or territory map, click within the state/territory area or on the state/territory name.
From a state/territory map:
- to access data for the whole of the state/territory, click on the 'data for state/territory total area' link
- to go to statistical division data, click on the appropriate statistical division on the state/territory map.
Using the righthand menu
Click on any of the links with a + symbol to open a dropdown list of links. (Clicking again on the link will close the list).
Within the dropdown lists, symbols are used to differentiate the options available:
will take you to a navigation map
will take you to a data summary page
Click on + Australia:
- to access the navigation map of Australia, click on the Australia link
- to access the data summary page for Australia, click on the Australia link
Click on any of the + state/territory links, for example Tasmania:
- to access the navigation map for Tasmania, click on the Tasmania link
- to access the data summary page for Tasmania, click on the Tasmania link
- to access the data summary page for one of the statistical divisions within Tasmania, for example Southern, click on the Southern link.
Data summary pages
Content on these pages is presented within tabular groupings so that you can quickly switch through the different types of content available:
- there are data tables under Students and courses, Apprentices and trainees, Demography
- there are maps of students and providers by statistical local area under Data maps (these maps are only available at the national and state levels)
- there is a link to Technical and Explanatory notes under Supporting docs.
Dropdown menus allow you to select the year you wish to view, for example:
Table 3.1 VET students, by age group and sex
Click 'Go' once you have made your selection.
Data tables
For comparative purposes, many of the data tables contain multiple levels of data for that topic:
- Statistical division data are presented together with the appropriate state/territory data and the national data for that particular topic
- State/territory data are presented with the national data for that topic.
The data tables are presented in HTML format.
To print a data table, first format the page to Landscape orientation:
File > Page Setup
Click the Landscape button
Then
File > Print
OK.
The data tables can be saved in CSV format, which allows further analysis of the data.
There is a Save as data file (CSV) link at the bottom of each HTML table. Click on this link to open up the data in MS Excel. Save the table if you wish to interrogate further.
Note that all data tables and maps accessed from a data summary page will open in a new window. To close this window and return to the data summary page, click the X CLOSE link in the top right of the page.
Data maps
To print a data map, first format the page to Landscape orientation:
File > Page Setup
Click the Landscape button
Then
File > Print
OK.
Note that all data maps accessed from a data summary page will open in a new window. To close this window and return to the data summary page, click the X CLOSE link in the top right of the page.
Feedback
Feedback on any aspect of the Atlas of Australian public VET is welcome. Please use the feedback form on this website.
