What do you want to be when you grow up?
1st 1st 1st 1st
Year 4 Year 6 Year 8 Year 10
The top five ranked occupations chosen, according to Year level of students, were:
Sportsperson Sportsperson School teacher School teacher
3rd
Animal trainer
4th
Veterinarian
5th
Police officer
2nd
School teacher
2nd
Veterinarian
3rd
School teacher
4th
Entertainer
5th
Police officer
2nd
Veterinarian
3rd
Sportsperson
4th
Engineer
5th
Entertainer
2nd
Defence force
3rd
Psychologist
4th
Sportsperson
5th
Mechanic
Researchers asked 3500 school students* about their career aspirations
*Students attended schools in 2013 in New South Wales, Australia.
Source: Gore, J., Holmes, K., Smith, M., Southgate, E., and Albright, J. (2015) Socioeconomic status and the career aspirations of Australian school students:
Testing enduring assumptions. Australian Educational Researcher.