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Central Coast NSWCommunity profile

Central Coast Council area

Education institution attending

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In 2021, 34.5% of recent overseas arrivals in Central Coast NSW attended an educational institution.

The share of Central Coast NSW's recent arrivals attending educational institutions reflects the age structure of the population, and the purpose for migration. This topic shows clearly whether or not your area's recent arrivals are primarily tertiary students (a high proportion at university), families (a high proportion at school), or other groups (low proportion attending all educational institutions)

To complete this story, Central Coast NSW's educational attendance information needs to be viewed in conjunction with Age Structure.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What type of educational institution is the person attending?'

Education institution attending
Central Coast NSW - Recent arrivals2021
Type of institutionNumber%Central Coast NSW - Total population
Attending1,74034.522.9
Pre-school1342.72.3
Primary school56611.28.0
Secondary school2775.56.3
TAFE/Vocational3607.12.6
University2675.33.1
Other1362.70.6
Not attending3,25364.571.6
Not stated501.05.4
Total people5,043100.0100.0
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021 (Usual residence data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of recent overseas arrivals attending educational institutions in Central Coast NSW in 2021 compared to the total population in Central Coast NSW shows that there was a higher proportion attending primary school, a lower proportion attending secondary school, and a higher proportion engaged in tertiary level education.

Overall, 11.2% of recent overseas arrivals were attending primary school, 5.5% of the population were attending secondary institutions, and 12.4% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 8.0%, 6.3% and 5.7% respectively for the total population in Central Coast NSW.

The major differences between the share of the recent overseas arriving population attending learning institutions in Central Coast Council area and the total population in Central Coast NSW were:

  • A larger percentage of people TAFE/Vocational (7.1% compared to 2.6%)
  • A larger percentage of people attending primary school (11.2% compared to 8.0%)
  • A larger percentage of people University (5.3% compared to 3.1%)
  • A larger percentage of people Other (2.7% compared to 0.6%)

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