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City of ParramattaCommunity profile

City of Parramatta

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In 2021, 28.0% of the City of Parramatta's non-English speaking population attended an educational institution.

The share of the City of Parramatta'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 Parramatta'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 Parramatta - non-English speakers20212016Change
Type of institutionNumber%City of Parramatta - Total populationNumber%City of Parramatta - Total population2016 to 2021
Attending40,50828.026.830,49725.924.5+10,011
Pre-school2,9682.02.01,8981.61.7+1,070
Primary school11,6238.08.28,0496.87.5+3,574
Secondary school6,8384.75.55,9945.15.5+844
TAFE/Vocational5,1823.62.92,6432.21.8+2,539
University10,8097.56.610,1028.66.9+707
Other3,0882.11.51,8111.51.1+1,277
Not attending103,47071.568.285,66572.868.7+17,805
Not stated8230.65.01,4541.26.8-631
Total people speaking a language other than English at home144,801100.0100.0117,616100.0100.0+27,185
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 Parramatta in 2021 compared to the total population in the City of Parramatta 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, 8.0% of the non-English speaking population were attending primary school, 4.7% of the population were attending secondary institutions, and 7.5% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 8.2%, 5.5% and 6.6% respectively for the total population in the City of Parramatta.

The major difference between the share of the non-English speaking population attending learning institutions in the City of Parramatta and the total population in the City of Parramatta was:

  • A larger percentage of people not attending (71.5% compared to 68.2%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Not attending (+17,805 persons)
  • Primary school (+3,574 persons)
  • TAFE/Vocational (+2,539 persons)
  • Other (+1,277 persons)

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