Schools by Sector and Type 2006 to 2016

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Independent
Primary only	285	279	261	259	248	234	235	228	222	215	214
Secondary only	90	105	88	84	72	68	58	57	53	53	48
Combined	590	612	620	625	640	653	657	661	669	680	688
Special	42	29	55	54	57	65	67	69	72	80	92
Total	1,007	1025	1,024	1,022	1,017	1,020	1,017	1,015	1,016	1,028	1,042
Catholic
Primary only	1,231	1229	1,225	1,225	1,230	1,231	1,228	1,226	1,229	1,235	1,239
Secondary only	332	338	328	315	303	305	305	303	304	324	321
Combined	123	126	127	139	148	148	153	155	156	139	138
Special	17	10	25	26	27	26	27	33	33	39	40
Total	1,703	1703	1,705	1,705	1,708	1,710	1,713	1,717	1,722	1,737	1,738
Government
Primary only	5,042	5009	4,962	4,930	4,879	4,847	4,827	4,802	4,799	4,774	4,780
Secondary only	1,056	1043	1,039	1,040	1,034	1,023	1,029	1,025	1,022	1,032	1,035
Combined	468	461	494	497	498	504	511	505	500	504	490
Special	336	338	338	335	332	331	330	329	330	329	329
Total	6,902	6851	6,833	6,802	6,743	6,705	6,697	6,661	6,651	6,639	6,634
All Sectors
Primary only	6,558	6,517	6,448	6,414	6,357	6,312	6,290	6,256	6,250	6,224	6,233
Secondary only	1,478	1,486	1,455	1,439	1,409	1,396	1,392	1,385	1,379	1,409	1,404
Combined	1,181	1,199	1,241	1,261	1,286	1,305	1,321	1,321	1,325	1,323	1,316
Special	395	377	418	415	416	422	424	431	435	448	461
Total	9,612	9,579	9,562	9,529	9,468	9,435	9,427	9,393	9,389	9,404	9,414

Source: ABS Schools Australia 2006– 2016 (publication no. 4221.0, Table 35a)

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