Higher Education HECS-HELP Payment Status Live Data Report
How to read this report
[UPDATED 19 February 2025]
This report provides a summary of HECS‑HELP student loans for a selected year, grouped by the following contribution liable payment statuses:
- HECS-HELP – deferred
- HECS-HELP – paid/discount
- HECS-HELP – paid/no discount
Uses the reported Student Status code (E490) to determine the contribution liable payment statuses.
HECS-HELP – deferred
- Student Status code (E490) is:
- 110 Deferred all or part of student contribution through HECS‑HELP,
- 201 Deferred all or part of student contribution through HECS‑HELP
- Student Status code (E490) is:
HECS-HELP – paid/discount
- Student Status code (E490) is:
- 111 Paid full student contribution upfront with HECS‑HELP discount,
- 202 Paid full student contribution upfront with HECS‑HELP discount
- Student Status code (E490) is:
HECS-HELP - paid/no discount
- Student Status code (E490) is:
- 112 Paid full student contribution upfront without HECS‑HELP discount
- 203 Paid full student contribution upfront without HECS‑HELP discount
- 204 Paid the full student contribution upfront
- Student Status code (E490) is:
The following student records are excluded from this report:
- Students coded as 2 on E337 - Work experience in industry
- Unit of study records for research students (E310 = 1, 2, 3) and students undertaking units on a non-award (E310 =50) basis are excluded from the report
The following table identifies the components that are used to construct the report:
| Field | Coding notes |
|---|---|
| Number of Students | A count of distinct UID8 – StudentResKey. The data takes into account the coding of students to two or more categories within the report. As a consequence, totals may be less than the sum of all categories. |
| Total EFTSL | Uses the reported E339 (EFTSL) value. |
| EFTSL No Work Experience | E339 (EFTSL) value where E337 - Work experience in industry = 1 |
| EFTSL with Work Experience | E339 (EFTSL) value where E337 - Work experience in industry ≠ 1 |
| Deferred Amount (E558) | Uses the reported E558(HELP Debt Amount) value. [Updated 11 October 2023] |
| Amount Paid Upfront | Uses the reported E381 (Amount paid upfront) value. |
| Total Amount Charged | Uses the reported E384 (Total amount charged) value. |
| Discount (2021 – 2022 and Pre-2017 reports) | Calculate from the Total Amount Charged (E384) minus the Deferred Amount (E558) and minus the Amount Paid Upfront (E381) [Updated 11 October 2023] |
| Advance Payment - Deferred (2023 Onwards and 2017 – 2020 reports) | Uses the reported E558(HELP Debt Amount) value. [Updated 11 October 2023] |
| Advance Payment - Deferred (Pre-2017 reports) | Calculate from the Deferred Amount (E558) + the Discount ((E384) minus the Deferred Amount (E558) and minus the Amount Paid Upfront ( E381)) [Updated 11 October 2023] |
Notes
- The Deferred category includes students who have fully or partially deferred their HECS‑HELP debt. Partial upfront payments may still be made by these students.
- Unit Enrolments with a census date (E489: Unit of Study Census date) in the future are excluded from the report.
- Non higher degree by research students (E310: Course of study type code not equal to 02, 03) who have withdrawn from their unit on, or before, the census date (E601: Unit of study outcome date is less than or equal to E489: Unit of Study Census date) are excluded from the report.
- Students who have successfully completed their unit on, or before, the census date (E355: Unit of study status code=3 and E601: Unit of study outcome date is less than or equal to E489: Unit of Study Census date) are included in the report.
- Deleted unit enrolments are not included in the report.
- A130 Loan Status = ‘Not Applicable’ typically means one of two cases: either the student paid fully upfront, or the loan has yet been created. [UPDATED 19/02/2025]