TARGET 6
By 2031, increase the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 25-34 years who have completed a tertiary qualification (Certificate III and above) to 70 per cent
Nationally in 2016, 42.3 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 25–34 years had completed non-school qualifications of Certificate III or above (figure CtG6.1).
There are no new data since the baseline year of 2016.

Target data specifications
Outcome: | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students reach their full potential through further education pathways. |
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Target: | By 2031, increase the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 25-34 years who have completed a tertiary qualification (Certificate level III and above) to 70 per cent. |
Indicator: | The proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 25-34 years old who have completed qualifications at Certificate level III or above. |
Measure: | The measure is defined as: Numerator — number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 25-34 years old who have completed non-school qualifications at Certificate level III or above based on the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF). Denominator — total number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the population aged 25-34 years old. and is presented as a percentage. |
Target established: | National Agreement on Closing the Gap July 2020 |
Latest dashboard update: | 23 June 2021 |
Indicator type: | Target |
Interpretation of change: | A high or increasing proportion is desirable. An increase from the previous year or the baseline year is an improvement. |
Data source: | Name: ABS Census of Population and Housing Frequency: Five-yearly Documentation (links): www.abs.gov.au/census |
Data provider: | Provider name: Australian Bureau of Statistics Provider area: Census |
Baseline year: | 2016 |
Target year: | 2031 |
Disaggregations: | State and territory and Australia, by Indigenous status |
Computation: | Numerator divided by Denominator multiplied by 100 Counting rules Data are for all Australian residents enumerated in the Census that reported having a usual residence in Australia. Geographical variables are based on a person's place of usual residence. Includes (numerator)
Includes (numerator and denominator)
Excludes (numerator)
Excludes (both numerator and denominator)
Extraction Census Table Builder (Basic) – Employment, Income and Education: INGP X AGEP X HEAP (QALLP X HSCP prior to 2016) X Main ASGS (UR) |
Data quality considerations: | Data values have been randomly adjusted using perturbation to avoid the release of confidential data. |
Future reporting: | Additional disaggregations required for future reporting:
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Supporting indicators
Driver
- Higher education commencement, attrition, and completion rates
University component | Time series, cohort analyses - 4, 6 and 9 years - Higher education application, offers and acceptance rates
By gender, SES and ATAR levels - Cert III and above VET commencements, attrition and completion rates
Contextual information
- Field of Education for higher education and VET
- Higher education students’ views on outcomes, behaviours and satisfaction
- Destinations and satisfaction of higher education graduates
- VET graduate outcomes and satisfaction levels
- Progress towards parity
Material for download
- Students reach their full potential through further education pathways data tables (XLSX - 12 Kb)
- Students reach their full potential through further education pathways dataset (CSV - 5 Kb)
To assist with interpretation of the data provided (Excel data tables and CSV dataset) please refer to the target data specification above.