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Willoughby City

Education institution attending

In 2021, 28.0% of Willoughby City Council's non-English speaking population attended an educational institution.

The share of Willoughby City 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, Willoughby City 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
Willoughby City Council - non-English speakers20212016Change
Type of institutionNumber%Willoughby City - Total populationNumber%Willoughby City - Total population2016 to 2021
Attending8,69028.028.48,15527.327.1+535
Pre-school6782.22.35231.72.1+155
Primary school2,7228.89.32,0756.99.0+647
Secondary school1,7475.67.31,4724.96.1+275
TAFE/Vocational9553.12.17722.61.6+183
University2,0106.56.32,7559.27.2-745
Other5781.91.25581.91.1+20
Not attending22,17871.568.321,43471.767.7+744
Not stated1700.53.33101.05.2-140
Total people speaking a language other than English at home31,038100.0100.029,899100.0100.0+1,139
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 Willoughby City Council in 2021 compared to the total population in Willoughby City Council shows that there was a similar proportion attending primary school, a lower proportion attending secondary school, and a similar proportion engaged in tertiary level education.

Overall, 8.8% of the non-English speaking population were attending primary school, 5.6% of the population were attending secondary institutions, and 6.5% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 9.3%, 7.3% and 6.3% respectively for the total population in Willoughby City Council.

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

  • A larger percentage of people not attending (71.5% compared to 68.3%)
  • A smaller percentage of people attending a secondary school (5.6% compared to 7.3%)

Emerging groups

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

  • University (-745 persons)
  • Not attending (+744 persons)
  • Primary school (+647 persons)
  • Secondary school (+275 persons)

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