Table 7 Population 16 years and over, by level of education (old classification), gender and age. 1 October 2005. Per cent

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

Gender and age	Total	Highest completed education¹

Gender and age	Total	Below upper secondary education	Upper secondary education²	Tertiary education, short³	Tertiary education, long ⁴

Total	3 675 873	19.0	56.7	18.8	5.5
16-19 years	235 155	37.6	62.4	0.0	0.0
20-24 years	274 230	5.7	82.8	11.3	0.2
25-29 years	286 727	4.5	58.5	30.4	6.6
30-39 years	691 352	5.9	56.5	28.3	9.2
40-49 years	654 075	9.8	59.9	23.5	6.9
50-59 years	603 877	17.4	55.6	20.5	6.5
60-66 years	315 913	26.0	52.4	15.9	5.7
67 years and above	614 544	45.5	42.7	8.9	3.0

Males	1 807 410	17.2	59.5	15.9	7.3
16-19 years	120 691	39.4	60.6	0.0	-
20-24 years	139 246	7.0	86.1	6.8	0.2
25-29 years	144 300	5.2	66.2	21.9	6.7
30-39 years	350 504	6.4	61.2	22.5	10.0
40-49 years	333 180	10.4	62.0	18.9	8.6
50-59 years	306 747	16.5	55.6	18.4	9.4
60-66 years	157 409	23.6	51.9	15.5	9.0
67 years and above	255 333	38.5	45.4	10.0	6.1

Females	1 868 463	20.7	54.0	21.6	3.8
16-19 years	114 464	35.8	64.2	0.0	0.0
20-24 years	134 984	4.4	79.3	16.0	0.3
25-29 years	142 427	3.7	50.6	39.1	6.6
30-39 years	340 848	5.5	51.8	34.3	8.4
40-49 years	320 895	9.1	57.6	28.3	5.0
50-59 years	297 130	18.2	55.6	22.6	3.6
60-66 years	158 504	28.5	52.9	16.3	2.4
67 years and above	359 211	50.4	40.7	8.1	0.8

¹	Not included persons with unknown or no completed education.
²	Including the level 'Intermediate level' which comprises education 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.