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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 28.8% of the City of Whitehorse's non-English speaking population attended an educational institution.
The share of the City of Whitehorse'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 Whitehorse'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 Whitehorse - non-English speakers | 2021 | 2011 | Change | ||||
| Type of institution | Number | % | City of Whitehorse - Total population | Number | % | City of Whitehorse - Total population | 2011 to 2021 |
| Attending | 19,752 | 28.8 | 27.7 | 13,286 | 29.0 | 26.4 | +6,466 |
| Pre-school | 1,568 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 583 | 1.3 | 1.9 | +985 |
| Primary school | 4,883 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 2,406 | 5.3 | 7.5 | +2,477 |
| Secondary school | 3,568 | 5.2 | 6.9 | 2,519 | 5.5 | 6.2 | +1,049 |
| TAFE/Vocational | 2,389 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 1,409 | 3.1 | 2.2 | +980 |
| University | 5,856 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 5,624 | 12.3 | 7.6 | +232 |
| Other | 1,488 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 745 | 1.6 | 1.0 | +743 |
| Not attending | 48,355 | 70.5 | 68.6 | 31,442 | 68.6 | 68.3 | +16,913 |
| Not stated | 483 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 1,100 | 2.4 | 5.3 | -617 |
| Total people speaking a language other than English at home | 68,590 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 45,828 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +22,762 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the share of the non-English speaking population attending educational institutions in the City of Whitehorse in 2021 compared to the total population in the City of Whitehorse shows that there was a similar proportion attending primary school, a lower proportion attending secondary school, and a higher proportion engaged in tertiary level education.
Overall, 7.1% of the non-English speaking population were attending primary school, 5.2% of the population were attending secondary institutions, and 8.5% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 7.5%, 6.9% and 7.5% respectively for the total population in the City of Whitehorse.
The major differences between the share of the non-English speaking population attending learning institutions in the City of Whitehorse and the total population in the City of Whitehorse were:
- A larger percentage of people not attending (70.5% compared to 68.6%)
- A smaller percentage of people attending a secondary school (5.2% compared to 6.9%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the non-English speaking population attending education institutions in the City of Whitehorse, between 2011 and 2021 were:
- Not attending (+16,913 persons)
- Primary school (+2,477 persons)
- Secondary school (+1,049 persons)
- Pre-school (+985 persons)
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