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NOTE: All analysis is undertaken on current year to date figures (from 1 January to the end of the current month’s data) compared to the same period in the previous year.
Growth in International Student Enrolments Continues in 2005
In General
Total year to date enrolments for 2005, as at end of November, show good growth compared to the same period last year, although declines are continuing in some markets. Overall, year to date enrolments are up 6.9% on the same period last year. This is similar to the figure reported last month (6.8%). Australia is also experiencing reasonably good growth in commencements, up 5.4% on the same period last year.
Most of the growth in enrolments and commencements is continuing to occur from India, China and South Korea. Excluding India, China and South Korea, overall year to date enrolment growth is 0.3%. Indeed, with the exception of Thailand, the other markets in the top ten recorded negative growth.
For commencements, the 2005 year to date figure, excluding China, India and South Korea, is 0.7%.
Nationality
Enrolments
The growth in enrolments for Australia's top 10 markets is:
Nationality
Year-to-date Enrolments
as at November 2005
Growth as at
November 2005
China
80,719
17.9%
India
27,472
33.2%
South Korea
25,962
10.6%
Hong Kong
21,109
-7.7%
Malaysia
19,315
-3.2%
Japan
18,885
-3.6%
Thailand
16,318
1.3%
Indonesia
16,019
-11.0%
United States of America
12,442
-1.5%
Singapore
9,884
-8.7%
Other
94,497
7.4%
Total - All Nationalities
342,622
6.9%
Excluding China and India - Subtotal
208,469
0.3%
Chinese, Indian and South Korean enrolments are growing strongly. In addition, significant growth continues from 14 Middle Eastern markets (24.7%) and from Brazil (48.7%), Pakistan (21.7%), Sri Lanka (15.7%) and Vietnam (15.4%).
The 14 Middle Eastern Markets are: Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
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