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In 2021, 26.4% of the Northern Beaches Council's non-English speaking population attended an educational institution.

The share of the Northern Beaches Council'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 Northern Beaches Council'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
Northern Beaches Council - non-English speakers20212016Change
Type of institutionNumber%Northern Beaches Council area - Total populationNumber%Northern Beaches Council area - Total population2016 to 2021
Attending10,82826.426.39,55625.024.8+1,272
Pre-school9962.42.47101.92.1+286
Primary school3,0657.58.62,6376.99.2+428
Secondary school2,2075.47.62,1905.76.9+17
TAFE/Vocational1,5583.82.31,1723.11.7+386
University2,1975.44.72,0955.54.3+102
Other8052.00.77522.00.8+53
Not attending29,96573.070.328,12273.669.6+1,843
Not stated2650.63.45271.45.6-262
Total people speaking a language other than English at home41,058100.0100.038,205100.0100.0+2,853
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 Northern Beaches Council in 2021 compared to the total population in the Northern Beaches Council shows that there was a lower proportion attending primary school, a lower proportion attending secondary school, and a higher proportion engaged in tertiary level education.

Overall, 7.5% of the non-English speaking population were attending primary school, 5.4% of the population were attending secondary institutions, and 5.4% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 8.6%, 7.6% and 4.7% respectively for the total population in the Northern Beaches Council.

The major differences between the share of the non-English speaking population attending learning institutions in Northern Beaches Council area and the total population in the Northern Beaches Council were:

  • A larger percentage of people not attending (73.0% compared to 70.3%)
  • A larger percentage of people attending TAFE/Vocational (3.8% compared to 2.3%)
  • A larger percentage of people attending other (2.0% compared to 0.7%)
  • A smaller percentage of people attending a secondary school (5.4% compared to 7.6%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the non-English speaking population attending education institutions in Northern Beaches Council area, between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Not attending (+1,843 persons)
  • Primary school (+428 persons)
  • TAFE/Vocational (+386 persons)
  • Pre-school (+286 persons)

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