This publication reflects the diversity of the Australian vocational education and training system at client, provider, and program levels. Following an introduction, section 2 presents a summary of data on: Australia by provider type; Australia, 1997 and 1996; states and territories, 1997; and activity in vocational programs. Section 3, arranged by state/territory, includes 14 tables depicting the following: age of clients in vocational programs by sex; geographic region of home address; clients by geographic region of training provider locations; aboriginal/Torres Strait islanders; geographic region of home address of aboriginal/Torres Strait islanders; country of birth; language spoken at home; highest school level completed; prior educational qualifications completed; employment category; overseas full-fee paying clients; disability type; client load; and clients by number of modules enrolled. Nine sections provide client information by each state/territory and an Australian total. Each of the nine sections contains seven tables: course enrollments by streams, field of study, and sex; annual hours by streams and field of study; course enrollments in streams by qualifications and field of study; module enrollments in vocational programs by discipline group, module result, and sex; module annual hours in vocational programs by discipline group, module result, and sex; and module enrollments and module annual hours in vocational programs by funding sources and sex. Appendixes include technical and explanatory notes; a glossary; a list of training provider locations; 1997 national financial data; and classifications. (YLB)