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Rockhampton Regional CouncilCommunity profile

Rockhampton

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In 2021, 35.0% of recent overseas arrivals in Rockhampton Regional Council attended an educational institution.

The share of Rockhampton Regional Council'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, Rockhampton Regional Council'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
Rockhampton Regional Council - Recent arrivals2021
Type of institutionNumber%Regional QLD
Attending62435.037.4
Pre-school352.01.9
Primary school1759.89.5
Secondary school1377.76.3
TAFE/Vocational744.18.8
University1779.97.6
Other261.53.3
Not attending1,14464.161.4
Not stated160.91.2
Total people1,784100.0100.0
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 Rockhampton Regional Council in 2021 compared to Regional QLD shows that there was a similar proportion attending primary school, a higher proportion attending secondary school, and a lower proportion engaged in tertiary level education.

Overall, 9.8% of recent overseas arrivals were attending primary school, 7.7% of the population were attending secondary institutions, and 14.1% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 9.5%, 6.3% and 16.4% respectively for Regional QLD.

The major differences between the share of the recent overseas arriving population attending learning institutions in Rockhampton and Regional QLD were:

  • A larger percentage of people University (9.9% compared to 7.6%)
  • A larger percentage of people attending a secondary school (7.7% compared to 6.3%)
  • A smaller percentage of people TAFE/Vocational (4.1% compared to 8.8%)
  • A smaller percentage of people Other (1.5% compared to 3.3%)

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