For the fifth consecutive year, the number of students enrolled in the publicly funded training system in Australia increased, with 1.943 million students studying last year, up 3.3% from 2011. Student numbers increased in South Australia (15.5%), Victoria (8.2%), Australian Capital Territory (2.1%) and in New South Wales (2.0%).

This publication presents preliminary figures on the number of students, subject enrolments, hours of delivery and full-year training equivalents relating to Australia's public vocational education and training system in advance of the release of the more detailed publication in early July 2013. As the data are preliminary, they may be subject to change as further processing of the data is undertaken.