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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 24.7% of Blacktown City Council's Tongan speaking population attended an educational institution.
The share of Blacktown 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, Blacktown 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blacktown City Council - Tongan speakers | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Type of institution | Number | % | Greater Sydney | Number | % | Greater Sydney | 2016 to 2021 |
| Attending | 596 | 24.7 | 24.3 | 504 | 24.8 | 24.8 | +92 |
| Pre-school | 28 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 18 | 0.9 | 1.0 | +10 |
| Primary school | 240 | 10.0 | 8.6 | 173 | 8.5 | 8.3 | +67 |
| Secondary school | 179 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 189 | 9.3 | 9.1 | -10 |
| TAFE/Vocational | 69 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 35 | 1.7 | 2.2 | +34 |
| University | 57 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 64 | 3.1 | 3.3 | -7 |
| Other | 23 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 25 | 1.2 | 1.0 | -2 |
| Not attending | 1,775 | 73.6 | 74.4 | 1,459 | 71.7 | 72.2 | +316 |
| Not stated | 41 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 72 | 3.5 | 3.0 | -31 |
| Total people speaking Tongan at home | 2,412 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 2,035 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +377 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the share of the Tongan speaking population attending educational institutions in Blacktown City Council in 2021 compared to Greater Sydney shows that there was a higher proportion attending primary school, a similar proportion attending secondary school, and a lower proportion engaged in tertiary level education.
Overall, 10.0% of the Tongan speaking population were attending primary school, 7.4% of the population were attending secondary institutions, and 2.4% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 8.6%, 7.7% and 3.4% respectively for Greater Sydney.
The major differences between the share of the Tongan speaking population attending learning institutions in Blacktown City and Greater Sydney were:
- A larger percentage of people attending a primary school (10.0% compared to 8.6%)
- A smaller percentage of people attending University (2.4% compared to 3.4%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the Tongan speaking population attending education institutions in Blacktown City, between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Not attending (+316 persons)
- Primary school (+67 persons)
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