Australian Student Visa Applications and Grants by Demographics and Provider

De-identified statistics on student visa applications and grants for subclasses 500 and 570-576, published by the Australian Department of Home Affairs. The data includes dimensions such as financial year, gender, age, education provider state, sector, client location, and citizenship country. The dataset was republished in March 2024 following a privacy review and risk assessment.

Use Cases

• Analyzing grant rate trends over time based on the financial year and quarter dimensions.
• Comparing visa application outcomes across different demographics based on gender and age variables.
• Mapping the geographic distribution of international students based on client location and education provider state.
• Assessing differences in visa processing by application channel based on the lodgement channel dimension.

Strengths

• Data is published by the authoritative source, the Department of Home Affairs.
• Includes multiple analytical dimensions such as financial year, gender, age, and citizenship.
• Dataset has undergone a documented privacy review and risk assessment prior to republication.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal or geographic bias inherent to the source.

Provenance

Source

Department of Home Affairs

Collection Method

Based on lodgement and grant data recorded for specific visa subclasses.

Time Range

Current and previous financial years.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 21:00:34.369445; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia, with client location and citizenship country dimensions.