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Table 2 Average annual liquor licences per 100 schools and annual licence totals, by type of school and year level; percentage distributions of length of licence and whether children present at events for which licence was held—selected Australian states

From: Liquor licences issued to Australian schools

State

Year

New South Wales

2014

Victoria

2013

Queensland

2012

Western Australia

2014

Total

 

Average annual licences per 100 schoolsa (annual licence totals in parentheses)

Type of school

     

 Catholic

1.5 (9)

30.0 (146)

133.7 (393)

21.6 (35)

38.1 (583)

 Independent

1.8 (6)

65.0 (134)

115.4 (210)

62.6 (87)

50.9 (437)

 Public

0.4 (8)

19.3 (294)

39.5 (489)

0.8 (6)

14.0 (797)

Year levels

     

 Primary

0.4 (9)

23.0 (357)

50.3 (580)

6.5 (44)

18.0 (990)

 Secondary

1.6 (8)

21.1 (71)

73.5 (186)

1.9 (2)

22.1 (267)

 Combined

1.3 (6)

44.1 (146)

105.5 (326)

27.5 (82)

40.1 (560)

 State Total

0.7 (23)

25.9 (574)

63.7 (1,092)

11.9 (128)

22.5 (1,817)

Length of licence

Percentage distribution

 1 day

Not available

87.2

93.3

72.7

 

 2-14 days

 

4.9

5.9

25.0

 

 More than 14 days

 

7.8

0.8

2.3

 

 Total

 

100.0

100.0

100.0

 

Children presentb

Percentage distribution

 Yes

Not available

31.5

60.9

Not

 

 No

 

68.5

39.1

available

 

 Total

 

100.0

100.0

  
  1. a. 100*(Total number of licences)/(Total number of schools). Number of schools in New South Wales 2014, Victoria 2013, Queensland 2012 and Western Australia 2014 sourced from Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015. Schools, Australia, 2014, catalogue number 4221.0,\Canberra. The ‘Combined’ year level includes P–12 with pre-schools, kindergartens and early-learning centres, and all special schools.
  2. b. Victoria: outside events assumed to have children present; Queensland: coding of qualitative text.