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Rockhampton Regional CouncilCommunity profile

Rockhampton

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In 2021, 29.0% of Rockhampton Regional Council's non-English speaking population attended an educational institution.

The share of Rockhampton Regional Council'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, Rockhampton Regional Council'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
Rockhampton Regional Council - non-English speakers20212016Change
Type of institutionNumber%Rockhampton - Total populationNumber%Rockhampton - Total population2016 to 2021
Attending1,53629.023.21,32428.722.5+212
Pre-school1052.01.5521.11.0+53
Primary school4278.18.73818.38.8+46
Secondary school4107.77.43567.77.0+54
TAFE/Vocational1402.61.61483.21.5-8
University3737.03.23076.63.4+66
Other811.50.9801.70.8+1
Not attending3,69969.969.03,17468.769.1+525
Not stated571.17.71192.68.4-62
Total people speaking a language other than English at home5,292100.0100.04,617100.0100.0+675
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 Rockhampton Regional Council in 2021 compared to the total population in Rockhampton Regional Council shows that there was a lower proportion attending primary school, a similar proportion attending secondary school, and a higher proportion engaged in tertiary level education.

Overall, 8.1% of the non-English speaking population were attending primary school, 7.7% of the population were attending secondary institutions, and 7.0% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 8.7%, 7.4% and 3.2% respectively for the total population in Rockhampton Regional Council.

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

  • A larger percentage of people attending University (7.0% compared to 3.2%)
  • A larger percentage of people attending TAFE/Vocational (2.6% compared to 1.6%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Not attending (+525 persons)
  • University (+66 persons)
  • Secondary school (+54 persons)
  • Pre-school (+53 persons)

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