The VET Graduate Outcomes: 2020-21 qualification completers dashboard presents the latest data from Jobs and Skills Australia’s VET National Data Asset (VNDA).

VNDA was developed in partnership with the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and links individual records from a range of government data assets to provide statistical insights on the outcomes of VET students.

This dashboard presents data on domestic, non-school students, who completed a nationally recognised VET qualification in the 2020-21 financial year. Outcomes for graduates are primarily in the year following course completion (2021-22).

Please note the following when comparing outcomes:

The VET sector serves a diverse student base. The statistics from VNDA do not account for the impact of individual capabilities, preferences, experiences and ambitions of students. Therefore, direct comparisons – such as between qualifications, jurisdictions, or student demographic groups – should be made cautiously and always with appropriate contextual information.

Additionally, due to the nature of administrative data, the statistics in this report (e.g. employment rates, income) are derived using business rules specific to VNDA. As a result, these figures are not directly comparable with labour statistics published from other data sources.

To enable the release of more granular data while still protecting personal information, perturbation has been applied to all data for the 2020-21 graduate outcomes. Perturbation is a data processing technique that makes small modifications to some statistics without compromising the analytical value of the data. Given the application and potential adjustments to the data because of perturbation, all percentages have been rounded to the nearest integer, and all dollars have been rounded to the nearest hundred, to avoid overstating precision.

Please visit the VNDA web page to access:

the data in downloadable Excel spreadsheets
a technical document detailing the methodology, data definitions and limitations.
the accompanying report, Pathways to Economic Mobility and Improved Equity: 2020-21 graduate outcomes from the VNDA.

Disclaimer
The results of these studies are based, in part, on data supplied to the ABS under the Taxation Administration Act 1953, A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999, Australian Border Force Act 2015, Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999, Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 and/or the Student Assistance Act 1973. Such data may only used for the purpose of administering the Census and Statistics Act 1905 or performance of functions of the ABS as set out in section 6 of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Act 1975. No individual information collected under the Census and Statistics Act 1905 is provided back to custodians for administrative or regulatory purposes. Any discussion of data limitations or weaknesses is in the context of using the data for statistical purposes and is not related to the ability of the data to support the Australian Taxation Office, Australian Business Register, Department of Social Services and/or Department of Home Affairs’ core operational requirements. Legislative requirements to ensure privacy and secrecy of these data have been followed. For access to PLIDA and/or BLADE data under Section 16A of the ABS Act 1975 or enabled by section 15 of the Census and Statistics (Information Release and Access) Determination 2018, source data are de-identified and so data about specific individuals has not been viewed in conducting this analysis. In accordance with the Census and Statistics Act 1905, results have been treated where necessary to ensure that they are not likely to enable identification of a particular person or organisation.

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