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In 2021, 25.3% of Wollongong City Council's non-English speaking population attended an educational institution.

The share of Wollongong 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, Wollongong 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
Wollongong City Council - non-English speakers20212016Change
Type of institutionNumber%Wollongong City - Total populationNumber%Wollongong City - Total population2016 to 2021
Attending8,55825.325.69,34627.325.6-788
Pre-school6131.82.34511.32.0+162
Primary school2,0886.27.81,8885.58.1+200
Secondary school1,6704.96.31,4624.36.2+208
TAFE/Vocational1,0803.22.79422.72.0+138
University2,6477.85.94,29012.56.8-1,643
Other4601.40.63130.90.6+147
Not attending24,90973.569.924,13170.468.5+778
Not stated4111.24.58162.45.9-405
Total people speaking a language other than English at home33,878100.0100.034,293100.0100.0-415
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 Wollongong City Council in 2021 compared to the total population in Wollongong City Council shows that there was a lower proportion attending primary school, a lower proportion attending secondary school, and a higher proportion engaged in tertiary level education.

Overall, 6.2% of the non-English speaking population were attending primary school, 4.9% of the population were attending secondary institutions, and 7.8% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 7.8%, 6.3% and 5.9% respectively for the total population in Wollongong City Council.

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

  • A larger percentage of people not attending (73.5% compared to 69.9%)
  • A larger percentage of people attending University (7.8% compared to 5.9%)
  • A smaller percentage of people attending a primary school (6.2% compared to 7.8%)
  • A smaller percentage of people attending a secondary school (4.9% compared to 6.3%)

Emerging groups

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

  • University (-1,643 persons)
  • Not attending (+778 persons)
  • Secondary school (+208 persons)
  • Primary school (+200 persons)

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