5. Export income by state and territory – 2008 English Australia – leading, supporting and representing the international English language industry in Australia Sourced from Tables 2, 9, 10 and 12 of the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ publication International Trade in Services, by Country, by State and by Detailed Services Category, Calendar Year, 2008 (ABS Catalogue no. 5368.0.55.004).
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Editor's Notes
Delegates at the ATEC Backpacker Conference in Darwin in April were told the industry is “missing a trick” by failing to capitalise on the growth of the international student market. The aim of this session is to briefly outline the scale of the opportunity for those who weren’t in Darwin, but really to concentrate on the practical steps the backpacking sector can take in order to capitalise on the massive potential of this market. www.englishaustralia.com.au
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www.englishaustralia.com.au This breakdown by state is based on the $15.5 billion earned in 2008. For NSW, education is the second largest export industry (for Victoria it is #1 and nationally it is #3 after iron ore and coal).
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www.englishaustralia.com.au Now let’s look at the ELICOS sector – by far the biggest sector in terms of numbers of students – in fact double the size of the Higher Ed sector. Following declining numbers in 2002 and 2003, the ELICOS sector has shown strong growth in each following year, with 16% growth in 2004, 11% growth in 2005, 21% growth in 2006 and 12% growth in 2007. This growth has continued in 2008, with growth of +18%. 2008 recorded the highest number of commencing ELICOS students to date with over 162,000 students. Numbers have doubled in the five years since 2003 when there were only 80,000 ELICOS students. The increase of +18% represents approximately 25,000 more students than 2007. 22 April 2009 ANZA Workshop 2009
www.englishaustralia.com.au You can see from this chart that student visas are only part of the picture for the ELICOS sector. The overall growth evidenced in 2008 hides a more complicated picture of what is happening in the ELICOS sector in Australia when we look at student numbers from the perspective of visa type. We’ll now break the growth down and look at where the growth was experienced. 22 April 2009 ANZA Workshop 2009
The spread of students by region has not changed significantly between 2006 and 2007. The proportion of Asian students has remained stable and there has been a small shift from European commencements to the Americas and the Middle East. www.englishaustralia.com.au
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Each region has quite a distinct profile in terms of visa usage. Students from the Americas and the Middle East are primarily student visa holders. The Visitor visa is the dominant visa for Europe, with good numbers of WH & Other visas. Although Student visas dominate for Asia, WH & Other visas are also significant, as are Visitor visa numbers. So when you are looking at the AEI student visa data, you can be confident that the data gives a fairly good picture for the Middle East and the Americas, however for Asia and Europe the picture is not an accurate one. www.englishaustralia.com.au
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