Table 3 Population 16 years and over, by level of education (new classification), gender and age. 1 October 2005. Per cent

3	Population 16 years and over, by level of education (new classification), gender and age. 1 October 2005. Per cent [Corrected 12 April 2007, at 1 p.m.]

Gender and age	Total	Highest completed education¹

Gender and age	Total	Below upper secondary education	Upper secondary education²	Tertiary education, short³	Tertiary education, long⁴

Total	3 675 874	31.6	43.7	19.2	5.6
16-19 years	235 155	88.4	11.6	0.0	0.0
20-24 years	274 230	30.0	54.4	15.4	0.2
25-29 years	286 727	20.0	40.7	32.3	7.0
30-39 years	691 352	18.8	43.6	28.4	9.2
40-49 years	654 075	25.8	44.1	23.3	6.9
50-59 years	603 877	21.8	51.4	20.3	6.5
60-66 years	315 913	28.9	49.6	15.8	5.7
67 years and above	614 545	46.5	41.6	8.9	3.0

Men	1 807 411	30.2	46.1	16.3	7.4
16-19 years	120 691	90.7	9.3	0.0	-
20-24 years	139 246	35.1	54.5	10.3	0.2
25-29 years	144 300	22.5	46.1	24.2	7.2
30-39 years	350 504	19.6	47.9	22.5	10.0
40-49 years	333 180	24.6	48.0	18.7	8.6
50-59 years	306 747	20.3	51.9	18.3	9.4
60-66 years	157 409	25.8	49.8	15.5	9.0
67 years and above	255 334	39.2	44.7	9.9	6.1

Women	1 868 463	32.9	41.4	22.0	3.8
16-19 years	114 464	86.0	14.0	0.0	0.0
20-24 years	134 984	24.7	54.2	20.7	0.3
25-29 years	142 427	17.5	35.1	40.7	6.8
30-39 years	340 848	18.0	39.2	34.4	8.4
40-49 years	320 895	26.9	40.0	28.0	5.0
50-59 years	297 130	23.2	50.9	22.3	3.6
60-66 years	158 504	32.0	49.4	16.2	2.4
67 years and above	359 211	51.6	39.5	8.1	0.8

¹	People with unknown or no completed education are not included.
²	Includes intermediate level courses based on completed upper secondary level, but which are not accredited as tertiary education.
³	Tertiary education, short comprises higher education up to 4 years in duration.
⁴	Tertiary education, long comprises higher education more than 4 years in duration.