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In 2021, 25.0% of the City of Knox's non-English speaking population attended an educational institution.

The share of the City of Knox'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, the City of Knox'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
City of Knox - non-English speakers20212016Change
Type of institutionNumber%City of Knox - Total populationNumber%City of Knox - Total population2016 to 2021
Attending11,42625.024.48,83122.723.5+2,595
Pre-school1,0102.22.15721.51.6+438
Primary school3,4717.67.82,3726.17.8+1,099
Secondary school2,4135.36.62,2025.76.9+211
TAFE/Vocational1,1672.62.38122.11.9+355
University2,6595.84.62,3856.14.6+274
Other7061.51.04881.30.9+218
Not attending34,01274.472.429,46175.972.0+4,551
Not stated2980.73.25431.44.5-245
Total people speaking a language other than English at home45,736100.0100.038,835100.0100.0+6,901
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 the City of Knox in 2021 compared to the total population in the City of Knox shows that there was a similar proportion attending primary school, a lower proportion attending secondary school, and a higher proportion engaged in tertiary level education.

Overall, 7.6% of the non-English speaking population were attending primary school, 5.3% of the population were attending secondary institutions, and 5.8% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 7.8%, 6.6% and 4.6% respectively for the total population in the City of Knox.

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

  • A larger percentage of people not attending (74.4% compared to 72.4%)
  • A larger percentage of people attending University (5.8% compared to 4.6%)
  • A smaller percentage of people attending a secondary school (5.3% compared to 6.6%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Not attending (+4,551 persons)
  • Primary school (+1,099 persons)
  • Pre-school (+438 persons)
  • TAFE/Vocational (+355 persons)

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