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In 2021, 24.7% of Fairfield City's non-English speaking population attended an educational institution.

The share of Fairfield City'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, Fairfield City'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
Fairfield City - non-English speakers20212016Change
Type of institutionNumber%Fairfield City - Total populationNumber%Fairfield City - Total population2016 to 2021
Attending35,82424.725.335,47025.225.6+354
Pre-school1,6591.11.41,5381.11.3+121
Primary school9,6956.77.89,7306.98.0-35
Secondary school10,5827.37.710,2917.37.5+291
TAFE/Vocational4,3473.02.63,7502.72.3+597
University7,2155.04.57,6205.45.0-405
Other2,3261.61.32,5411.81.4-215
Not attending107,55074.068.2101,53472.268.3+6,016
Not stated1,9131.36.53,7112.66.1-1,798
Total people speaking a language other than English at home145,287100.0100.0140,715100.0100.0+4,572
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the share of the non-English speaking population attending educational institutions in Fairfield City in 2021 compared to the total population in Fairfield City 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, 6.7% of the non-English speaking population were attending primary school, 7.3% of the population were attending secondary institutions, and 5.0% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 7.8%, 7.7% and 4.5% respectively for the total population in Fairfield City.

The major differences between the share of the non-English speaking population attending learning institutions in Fairfield City and the total population in Fairfield City were:

  • A larger percentage of people not attending (74.0% compared to 68.2%)
  • A smaller percentage of people attending a primary school (6.7% compared to 7.8%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the non-English speaking population attending education institutions in Fairfield City, between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Not attending (+6,016 persons)
  • TAFE/Vocational (+597 persons)
  • University (-405 persons)
  • Secondary school (+291 persons)

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