Highest qualification and sex	Age group (years)
	15 - 19	20 - 24	25 - 29	30 - 34	35 - 39	40 - 44	45 - 49	50 - 54	55 - 59	60 - 64	65 - 69	70 - 74	75 - 79	80 - 84	85 +	Total
No qualification
Male	45,735	20,898	17,553	18,762	25,743	28,947	29,193	27,261	31,560	27,825	23,856	19,035	15,756	9,105	5,316	346,545
Female	37,176	14,391	13,698	16,044	23,055	25,974	27,819	28,893	36,939	32,784	29,145	23,997	21,324	15,633	15,012	361,887
Total	82,911	35,292	31,251	34,803	48,798	54,921	57,012	56,157	68,499	60,609	53,001	43,032	37,083	24,741	20,328	708,432
Level 1 certificate
Male	35,325	15,273	11,484	13,317	15,141	16,152	14,742	13,689	11,403	8,112	5,994	4,428	3,435	2,238	1,404	172,137
Female	34,104	12,867	11,076	15,327	23,214	24,414	23,043	20,829	17,601	12,477	9,135	6,261	4,791	3,966	3,354	222,456
Total	69,429	28,143	22,560	28,641	38,355	40,566	37,788	34,515	29,007	20,589	15,126	10,689	8,226	6,204	4,758	394,593
Level 2 certificate
Male	27,339	14,979	11,211	13,290	13,107	13,806	12,141	9,897	6,441	4,386	3,309	2,805	2,337	1,983	1,284	138,312
Female	29,367	14,391	13,113	18,327	20,733	21,378	16,233	10,512	6,330	4,173	3,417	2,691	2,622	2,541	2,187	168,018
Total	56,706	29,373	24,327	31,617	33,837	35,181	28,374	20,409	12,768	8,559	6,729	5,496	4,959	4,527	3,468	306,327
Level 3 certificate
Male	19,701	28,791	13,167	11,877	7,839	7,164	6,408	5,703	4,854	3,156	2,250	1,665	1,509	1,101	684	115,872
Female	25,473	33,036	15,537	14,193	9,315	8,376	6,477	5,103	4,032	2,580	1,824	1,497	1,554	1,545	1,263	131,802
Total	45,174	61,827	28,701	26,070	17,151	15,540	12,891	10,806	8,886	5,736	4,074	3,162	3,063	2,646	1,947	247,674
Level 4 certificate
Male	2,502	10,869	13,935	18,570	23,430	24,828	24,447	19,860	17,796	13,350	11,364	8,352	6,168	3,444	1,614	200,532
Female	2,019	7,011	7,314	9,618	10,935	11,904	11,589	8,586	6,354	3,693	2,460	1,653	1,305	846	783	86,067
Total	4,521	17,880	21,246	28,185	34,368	36,732	36,036	28,446	24,153	17,043	13,824	10,005	7,473	4,293	2,397	286,599
Level 5 diploma
Male	693	4,491	4,635	5,238	6,312	7,569	7,605	6,282	5,583	3,597	2,493	1,668	1,173	495	225	58,059
Female	1,200	7,197	7,263	7,122	6,621	6,153	5,175	3,879	2,991	1,677	1,227	786	576	339	231	52,437
Total	1,893	11,688	11,898	12,360	12,933	13,722	12,783	10,158	8,574	5,274	3,720	2,454	1,749	834	459	110,496
Level 6 diploma
Male	417	3,072	3,597	4,776	5,364	5,961	6,114	5,805	4,896	3,537	2,532	1,803	1,470	912	420	50,676
Female	381	3,222	4,380	7,821	9,792	11,421	13,389	12,504	11,748	9,546	7,878	5,940	4,413	2,820	1,938	107,193
Total	795	6,294	7,977	12,594	15,153	17,382	19,503	18,312	16,644	13,083	10,410	7,740	5,883	3,732	2,361	157,869
Bachelor degree and level 7 qualification
Male	204	13,272	18,783	19,569	17,826	16,941	15,240	12,189	9,906	6,072	4,257	2,865	2,421	1,614	912	142,065
Female	309	21,513	28,107	28,380	23,337	21,117	17,421	12,825	8,313	4,662	3,009	1,899	1,410	858	621	173,784
Total	516	34,785	46,890	47,946	41,160	38,061	32,664	25,011	18,219	10,734	7,269	4,764	3,831	2,472	1,530	315,846
Post-graduate and honours degrees
Male	36	1,443	2,952	3,366	3,279	2,973	2,769	2,256	1,884	1,071	660	411	336	267	147	23,850
Female	42	2,130	4,620	5,241	4,626	4,290	3,777	2,877	1,947	897	489	249	198	132	99	31,611
Total	78	3,570	7,572	8,607	7,902	7,266	6,546	5,133	3,831	1,968	1,146	660	537	399	246	55,461
Masters degree
Male	18	423	2,448	3,750	4,212	4,608	4,242	3,648	3,135	1,845	1,065	705	552	330	207	31,191
Female	12	630	3,153	4,593	4,386	3,876	3,579	3,114	2,364	1,197	693	321	276	186	135	28,515
Total	30	1,053	5,601	8,343	8,598	8,484	7,821	6,762	5,499	3,045	1,761	1,023	825	516	342	59,703
Doctorate degree
Male	3	12	234	759	1,260	1,539	1,527	1,389	1,515	1,278	822	456	333	192	114	11,439
Female	3	3	207	699	843	900	789	693	525	324	168	78	63	27	18	5,331
Total	6	18	438	1,458	2,100	2,439	2,316	2,079	2,040	1,605	987	534	396	219	132	16,767
Overseas secondary school qualification
Male	3,696	7,224	5,541	5,997	7,308	7,770	6,927	5,826	5,694	4,803	4,761	3,906	2,991	1,467	825	74,730
Female	3,159	7,485	6,606	8,208	10,311	11,259	9,639	7,863	7,545	6,540	6,063	4,833	3,771	2,742	1,839	97,860
Total	6,852	14,712	12,150	14,205	17,619	19,029	16,566	13,689	13,239	11,340	10,827	8,736	6,762	4,206	2,664	172,590
Not elsewhere included
Male	16,770	14,334	11,676	11,622	12,186	12,636	11,697	10,512	10,551	9,303	8,751	7,788	7,875	5,979	4,512	156,186
Female	14,514	12,015	10,152	10,110	11,400	11,736	11,433	10,746	11,661	10,734	10,923	10,848	12,552	11,478	11,523	171,828
Total	31,287	26,346	21,831	21,732	23,586	24,375	23,127	21,258	22,212	20,034	19,674	18,636	20,424	17,457	16,035	328,014
Total
Male	152,436	135,084	117,216	130,884	143,004	150,900	143,055	124,308	115,224	88,335	72,111	55,878	46,356	29,124	17,670	1,521,591
Female	147,762	135,891	125,223	145,677	158,553	162,798	150,369	128,421	118,347	91,278	76,434	61,056	54,855	43,113	39,000	1,638,780
Total	300,198	270,978	242,442	276,561	301,554	313,698	293,421	252,729	233,571	179,613	148,545	116,934	101,214	72,237	56,667	3,160,371