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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 38.7% of recent overseas arrivals in the City of Greater Bendigo attended an educational institution.
The share of the City of Greater Bendigo's recent arrivals attending educational institutions reflects the age structure of the population, and the purpose for migration. This topic shows clearly whether or not your area's recent arrivals are primarily tertiary students (a high proportion at university), families (a high proportion at school), or other groups (low proportion attending all educational institutions)
To complete this story, the City of Greater Bendigo's educational attendance information needs to be viewed in conjunction with Age Structure.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'What type of educational institution is the person attending?'
| Education institution attending | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Greater Bendigo - Recent arrivals | 2021 | ||
| Type of institution | Number | % | Regional VIC |
| Attending | 906 | 38.7 | 34.2 |
| Pre-school | 52 | 2.2 | 2.0 |
| Primary school | 260 | 11.1 | 8.7 |
| Secondary school | 184 | 7.9 | 5.9 |
| TAFE/Vocational | 178 | 7.6 | 6.3 |
| University | 141 | 6.0 | 8.0 |
| Other | 91 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
| Not attending | 1,401 | 59.8 | 64.5 |
| Not stated | 36 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| Total people | 2,343 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of recent overseas arrivals attending educational institutions in the City of Greater Bendigo in 2021 compared to Regional VIC shows that there was a higher proportion attending primary school, a higher proportion attending secondary school, and a lower proportion engaged in tertiary level education.
Overall, 11.1% of recent overseas arrivals were attending primary school, 7.9% of the population were attending secondary institutions, and 13.6% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 8.7%, 5.9% and 14.3% respectively for Regional VIC.
The major differences between the share of the recent overseas arriving population attending learning institutions in the City of Greater Bendigo and Regional VIC were:
- A larger percentage of people attending primary school (11.1% compared to 8.7%)
- A larger percentage of people attending a secondary school (7.9% compared to 5.9%)
- A larger percentage of people TAFE/Vocational (7.6% compared to 6.3%)
- A smaller percentage of people University (6.0% compared to 8.0%)
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