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City of Port Phillip

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In 2021, 12.2% of the born in Portugal 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.

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Derived from the Census question:

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

Education institution attending
City of Port Phillip - born in Portugal20212016Change
Type of institutionNumber%Greater MelbourneNumber%Greater Melbourne2016 to 2021
Attending512.27.0411.48.1+1
Pre-school00.00.000.00.20
Primary school00.01.100.01.80
Secondary school512.21.900.01.7+5
TAFE/Vocational00.01.400.01.40
University00.02.3411.42.2-4
Other00.00.400.00.80
Not attending3687.891.53188.689.2+5
Not stated00.01.500.02.80
Total people41100.0100.035100.0100.0+6
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 in Portugal attending educational institutions in City of Port Phillip in 2021 compared to Greater Melbourne shows that there was a lower proportion attending primary school, a higher proportion attending secondary school, and a lower proportion engaged in tertiary level education.

Overall, 0.0% of the population born in Portugal were attending primary school, 12.2% were attending secondary institutions, and 0.0% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 1.1%, 1.9% and 3.7% respectively for Greater Melbourne.

The major differences between the share of the population born in Portugal attending learning institutions in the City of Port Phillip and Greater Melbourne were:

  • A larger percentage of people attending a secondary school (12.2% compared to 1.9%)
  • A smaller percentage of people Not attending (87.8% compared to 91.5%)
  • A smaller percentage of people University (0.0% compared to 2.3%)
  • A smaller percentage of people Not stated (0.0% compared to 1.5%)

Emerging groups

From 2016 to 2021, the population born in Portugal in the City of Port Phillip increased by +13 people (37.14%). This represents an average annual change of 3.22% per year over the period.

There were no major changes for the population born in Portugal in City of Port Phillip between 2016 and 2021.

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