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City of Maroondah

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In 2021, 16.2% of the born overseas in the City of Maroondah attended an educational institution.

The share of the City of Maroondah'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 Maroondah'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 Maroondah - born overseas20212016Change
Type of institutionNumber%City of Maroondah - Total populationNumber%City of Maroondah - Total population2016 to 2021
Attending4,70016.225.14,16216.323.6+538
Pre-school1290.42.51090.41.8+20
Primary school8873.08.38863.58.1+1
Secondary school1,1383.96.71,0274.06.5+111
TAFE/Vocational8302.92.45992.31.9+231
University1,2184.24.21,0384.14.3+180
Other4981.71.05032.01.0-5
Not attending24,06382.771.721,06682.371.6+2,997
Not stated3231.13.33701.44.8-47
Total people29,086100.0100.025,598100.0100.0+3,488
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 population born overseas attending educational institutions in the City of Maroondah in 2021 compared to the total population in the City of Maroondah shows that there was a lower proportion attending primary school, a lower proportion attending secondary school, and a similar proportion engaged in tertiary level education.

Overall, 3.0% of the population born overseas were attending primary school, 3.9% were attending secondary institutions, and 7.0% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 8.3%, 6.7% and 6.6% respectively for the total population in the City of Maroondah.

The major differences between the share of the population born overseas attending learning institutions in the City of Maroondah and the total population in the City of Maroondah were:

  • A larger percentage of people Not attending (82.7% compared to 71.7%)
  • A smaller percentage of people attending primary school (3.0% compared to 8.3%)
  • A smaller percentage of people attending a secondary school (3.9% compared to 6.7%)
  • A smaller percentage of people Not stated (1.1% compared to 3.3%)

Emerging groups

From 2016 to 2021, the population born overseas in the City of Maroondah increased by +7,514 people (29.35%). This represents an average annual change of 2.59% per year over the period.

The largest changes in the number of peopleborn overseas attending education institutions in the City of Maroondah, between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Not attending (+2,997 persons)
  • TAFE/Vocational (+231 persons)
  • University (+180 persons)
  • Secondary school (+111 persons)

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