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City of Port Phillip

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In 2021, 16.3% of the born overseas in City of Port Phillip attended an educational institution.

The share of City of Port Phillip'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, City of Port Phillip'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 Port Phillip - born overseas20212016Change
Type of institutionNumber%City of Port Phillip - Total populationNumber%City of Port Phillip - Total population2016 to 2021
Attending5,51216.320.24,93815.517.9+574
Pre-school1220.41.51410.41.2-19
Primary school5971.84.85991.94.6-2
Secondary school5961.83.84841.53.0+112
TAFE/Vocational1,4564.32.57122.21.5+744
University2,0716.16.42,3837.56.4-312
Other6702.01.26191.91.2+51
Not attending27,86282.673.326,56383.371.8+1,299
Not stated3721.16.53751.210.3-3
Total people33,746100.0100.031,876100.0100.0+1,870
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 City of Port Phillip in 2021 compared to the total population in City of Port Phillip 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, 1.8% of the population born overseas were attending primary school, 1.8% were attending secondary institutions, and 10.5% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 4.8%, 3.8% and 9.0% respectively for the total population in City of Port Phillip.

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

  • A larger percentage of people Not attending (82.6% compared to 73.3%)
  • A smaller percentage of people Not stated (1.1% compared to 6.5%)
  • A smaller percentage of people attending primary school (1.8% compared to 4.8%)
  • A smaller percentage of people attending a secondary school (1.8% compared to 3.8%)

Emerging groups

From 2016 to 2021, the population born overseas in the City of Port Phillip increased by +4,314 people (13.53%). This represents an average annual change of 1.15% per year over the period.

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

  • Not attending (+1,299 persons)
  • TAFE/Vocational (+744 persons)
  • University (-312 persons)
  • Secondary school (+112 persons)

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