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City of Playford

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In 2021, 49.0% of recent overseas arrivals in the City of Playford attended an educational institution.

The share of the City of Playford's recent arrivals attending educational institutions reflects the age structure of the population, and the purpose for migration. This topic shows clearly whether or not your area's recent arrivals are primarily tertiary students (a high proportion at university), families (a high proportion at school), or other groups (low proportion attending all educational institutions)

To complete this story, the City of Playford's educational attendance information needs to be viewed in conjunction with Age Structure.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What type of educational institution is the person attending?'

Education institution attending
City of Playford - Recent arrivals2021
Type of institutionNumber%Greater Adelaide
Attending1,37749.046.8
Pre-school531.91.6
Primary school45716.310.1
Secondary school35212.56.1
TAFE/Vocational31411.29.2
University1124.016.5
Other893.23.2
Not attending1,35548.252.3
Not stated802.80.9
Total people2,812100.0100.0
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021 (Usual residence data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of recent overseas arrivals attending educational institutions in the City of Playford in 2021 compared to Greater Adelaide shows that there was a higher proportion attending primary school, a higher proportion attending secondary school, and a lower proportion engaged in tertiary level education.

Overall, 16.3% of recent overseas arrivals were attending primary school, 12.5% of the population were attending secondary institutions, and 15.1% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 10.1%, 6.1% and 25.7% respectively for Greater Adelaide.

The major differences between the share of the recent overseas arriving population attending learning institutions in the City of Playford and Greater Adelaide were:

  • A larger percentage of people attending a secondary school (12.5% compared to 6.1%)
  • A larger percentage of people attending primary school (16.3% compared to 10.1%)
  • A larger percentage of people TAFE/Vocational (11.2% compared to 9.2%)
  • A smaller percentage of people University (4.0% compared to 16.5%)

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