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

The share of the City of Sydney'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 Sydney'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 Sydney - non-English speakers20212016Change
Type of institutionNumber%City of Sydney - Total populationNumber%City of Sydney - Total population2016 to 2021
Attending25,10034.023.230,75940.824.5-5,659
Pre-school8041.11.04170.60.7+387
Primary school1,7662.42.71,2751.72.2+491
Secondary school1,1911.61.91,3461.81.7-155
TAFE/Vocational5,3777.33.94,0705.42.8+1,307
University11,23115.210.818,24824.214.0-7,017
Other4,7316.42.95,4037.23.2-672
Not attending48,08965.269.843,38957.562.6+4,700
Not stated5410.77.01,2471.712.9-706
Total people speaking a language other than English at home73,730100.0100.075,395100.0100.0-1,665
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 Sydney in 2021 compared to the total population in the City of Sydney shows that there was a similar proportion attending primary school, a similar proportion attending secondary school, and a higher proportion engaged in tertiary level education.

Overall, 2.4% of the non-English speaking population were attending primary school, 1.6% of the population were attending secondary institutions, and 15.2% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 2.7%, 1.9% and 10.8% respectively for the total population in the City of Sydney.

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

  • A larger percentage of people attending University (15.2% compared to 10.8%)
  • A larger percentage of people attending other (6.4% compared to 2.9%)
  • A larger percentage of people attending TAFE/Vocational (7.3% compared to 3.9%)
  • A smaller percentage of people not attending (65.2% compared to 69.8%)

Emerging groups

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

  • University (-7,017 persons)
  • Not attending (+4,700 persons)
  • TAFE/Vocational (+1,307 persons)
  • Other (-672 persons)

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