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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 8.0% of Wollongong City Council's Italian speaking population attended an educational institution.
The share of Wollongong City Council's non-English speaking population attending educational institutions reflects the age structure of the population, the year of migration and the reason for migration. Areas with an older migrant population are likely to have low rates of educational attendance, though there may be some among second and third generations within the community.
Some areas attract a lot of overseas students from non-English speaking countries, and these areas could be expected to have very high rates of educational attendance, particularly for universities.
To complete this story, Wollongong City Council's educational attendance information needs to be viewed in conjunction with the Age Structure and Qualification topics.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'What type of educational institution is the person attending?'
| Education institution attending | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wollongong City Council - Italian speakers | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Type of institution | Number | % | Regional NSW | Number | % | Regional NSW | 2016 to 2021 |
| Attending | 232 | 8.0 | 10.1 | 247 | 6.7 | 8.4 | -15 |
| Pre-school | 18 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 19 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -1 |
| Primary school | 59 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 44 | 1.2 | 2.1 | +15 |
| Secondary school | 50 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 73 | 2.0 | 2.3 | -23 |
| TAFE/Vocational | 44 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 26 | 0.7 | 1.1 | +18 |
| University | 56 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 72 | 2.0 | 1.9 | -16 |
| Other | 5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 13 | 0.4 | 0.5 | -8 |
| Not attending | 2,619 | 90.2 | 88.1 | 3,304 | 90.2 | 88.0 | -685 |
| Not stated | 53 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 111 | 3.0 | 3.6 | -58 |
| Total people speaking Italian at home | 2,904 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 3,662 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -758 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the share of the Italian speaking population attending educational institutions in Wollongong City Council in 2021 compared to Regional NSW shows that there was a lower proportion attending primary school, a similar proportion attending secondary school, and a similar proportion engaged in tertiary level education.
Overall, 2.0% of the Italian speaking population were attending primary school, 1.7% of the population were attending secondary institutions, and 1.9% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 2.8%, 2.0% and 2.1% respectively for Regional NSW.
The major difference between the share of the Italian speaking population attending learning institutions in Wollongong City and Regional NSW was:
- A larger percentage of people not attending (90.2% compared to 88.1%)
Emerging groups
The largest change in the Italian speaking population attending education institutions in Wollongong City, between 2016 and 2021 was:
- Not attending (-685 persons)
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