New South Wales survey data tracks the main destinations of recent school leavers in the 6 to 12 months after leaving school. The dataset includes Year 12 completers and early school leavers, with time series data from 2014 to 2018 and a 2024 survey covering leavers from 2023. It is produced by the NSW Department of Education and uses weighted population estimates.
Use Cases
- Analyze post-school employment and education rates based on leaver type and year.
- Track trends in early school leaver destinations over time based on the time series data.
- Assess the impact of sampling strategy changes on response rates for non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.
- Compare outcomes for students from different school types, such as Schools for Specific Purposes.
Strengths
- Includes time series data from 2014 to 2018 for tracking trends.
- Survey methodology changed to a census for non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Year 12 completers since 2021, increasing response proportions.
- Population estimates are weighted and adjusted to minimize non-response bias.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Time series data from 2014 to 2018 should be used with caution due to estimated counts from lower cell counts.
Provenance
- Source
- NSW Department of Education
- Collection Method
- Survey
- Time Range
- 2014-2024 (with 2024 survey covering leavers from 2023)
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-18 07:17:12.885868
- Geography
- New South Wales, Australia