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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 23.2% of the born overseas in the City of Burnside attended an educational institution.
The share of the City of Burnside's overseas-born 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, and these areas could be expected to have very high rates of educational attendance, particularly for universities.
To complete this story, the City of Burnside's educational attendance information needs to be viewed in conjunction with the Age Structure and Qualification topics.
Please note: In many areas of Australia, at the 2021 Census, numbers of overseas-born university students declined substantially due to university face-to-face closures during the COVID pandemic. This may have changed since the Census, please use with caution.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'What type of educational institution is the person attending?'
| Education institution attending | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Burnside - born overseas | 2021 | 2011 | Change | ||||
| Type of institution | Number | % | Eastern Adelaide Region | Number | % | Eastern Adelaide Region | 2011 to 2021 |
| Attending | 3,529 | 23.2 | 21.8 | 2,598 | 22.6 | 20.7 | +931 |
| Pre-school | 81 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 62 | 0.5 | 0.5 | +19 |
| Primary school | 851 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 556 | 4.8 | 3.9 | +295 |
| Secondary school | 963 | 6.3 | 4.2 | 619 | 5.4 | 3.5 | +344 |
| TAFE/Vocational | 477 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 216 | 1.9 | 2.5 | +261 |
| University | 1,004 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 1,048 | 9.1 | 9.2 | -44 |
| Other | 153 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 97 | 0.8 | 1.1 | +56 |
| Not attending | 11,584 | 76.2 | 77.5 | 8,694 | 75.7 | 76.8 | +2,890 |
| Not stated | 90 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 191 | 1.7 | 2.5 | -101 |
| Total people | 15,203 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 11,483 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +3,720 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the share of the population born overseas attending educational institutions in the City of Burnside in 2021 compared to Eastern Adelaide Region shows that there was a higher proportion attending primary school, a higher proportion attending secondary school, and a lower proportion engaged in tertiary level education.
Overall, 5.6% of the population born overseas were attending primary school, 6.3% were attending secondary institutions, and 9.7% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 4.6%, 4.2% and 11.3% respectively for Eastern Adelaide Region.
The major differences between the share of the population born overseas attending learning institutions in the City of Burnside and Eastern Adelaide Region were:
- A larger percentage of people attending a secondary school (6.3% compared to 4.2%)
- A smaller percentage of people Not attending (76.2% compared to 77.5%)
- A smaller percentage of people University (6.6% compared to 7.7%)
Emerging groups
From 2011 to 2021, the population born overseas in the City of Burnside increased by +8,371 people (72.9%). This represents an average annual change of 2.85% per year over the period.
The largest changes in the number of peopleborn overseas attending education institutions in the City of Burnside, between 2011 and 2021 were:
- Not attending (+2,890 persons)
- Secondary school (+344 persons)
- Primary school (+295 persons)
- TAFE/Vocational (+261 persons)
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