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City of Playford

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In 2021, 34.0% of the City of Playford's non-English speaking population attended an educational institution.

The share of the City of Playford'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 Playford'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 Playford - non-English speakers20212016Change
Type of institutionNumber%City of Playford - Total populationNumber%City of Playford - Total population2016 to 2021
Attending5,13134.025.63,76333.823.8+1,368
Pre-school3202.11.91711.51.6+149
Primary school1,82412.111.11,23511.110.2+589
Secondary school1,3118.76.49478.55.9+364
TAFE/Vocational6924.62.56095.52.6+83
University7755.12.96015.42.6+174
Other2091.40.92001.81.0+9
Not attending9,65563.968.36,90162.068.1+2,754
Not stated3242.16.14654.28.0-141
Total people speaking a language other than English at home15,110100.0100.011,129100.0100.0+3,981
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 Playford in 2021 compared to the total population in the City of Playford shows that there was a higher proportion attending primary school, a higher proportion attending secondary school, and a higher proportion engaged in tertiary level education.

Overall, 12.1% of the non-English speaking population were attending primary school, 8.7% of the population were attending secondary institutions, and 5.1% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 11.1%, 6.4% and 2.9% respectively for the total population in the City of Playford.

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

  • A larger percentage of people attending a secondary school (8.7% compared to 6.4%)
  • A larger percentage of people attending University (5.1% compared to 2.9%)
  • A larger percentage of people attending TAFE/Vocational (4.6% compared to 2.5%)
  • A smaller percentage of people not attending (63.9% compared to 68.3%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Not attending (+2,754 persons)
  • Primary school (+589 persons)
  • Secondary school (+364 persons)
  • University (+174 persons)

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