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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 26.5% of City of Canterbury Bankstown's non-English speaking population attended an educational institution.
The share of City of Canterbury Bankstown'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, City of Canterbury Bankstown's educational attendance information needs to be viewed in conjunction with the Age Structure and Qualification topics.
'What type of educational institution is the person attending?'
Education institution attending | |||||||
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City of Canterbury Bankstown - non-English speakers | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Type of institution | Number | % | City of Canterbury Bankstown - Total population | Number | % | City of Canterbury Bankstown - Total population | 2016 to 2021 |
Attending | 58,044 | 26.5 | 26.4 | 55,408 | 26.6 | 25.9 | +2,636 |
Pre-school | 3,664 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2,826 | 1.4 | 1.6 | +838 |
Primary school | 16,252 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 16,153 | 7.8 | 8.6 | +99 |
Secondary school | 14,045 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 13,866 | 6.7 | 6.8 | +179 |
TAFE/Vocational | 7,025 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 5,169 | 2.5 | 2.1 | +1,856 |
University | 13,387 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 14,083 | 6.8 | 5.7 | -696 |
Other | 3,671 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 3,311 | 1.6 | 1.2 | +360 |
Not attending | 158,589 | 72.4 | 66.5 | 148,477 | 71.3 | 67.2 | +10,112 |
Not stated | 2,483 | 1.1 | 7.1 | 4,442 | 2.1 | 6.8 | -1,959 |
Total people speaking a language other than English at home | 219,116 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 208,327 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +10,789 |
Analysis of the share of the non-English speaking population attending educational institutions in City of Canterbury Bankstown in 2021 compared to the total population in City of Canterbury Bankstown shows that there was a lower proportion attending primary school, a similar proportion attending secondary school, and a higher proportion engaged in tertiary level education.
Overall, 7.4% of the non-English speaking population were attending primary school, 6.4% of the population were attending secondary institutions, and 6.1% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 8.4%, 6.9% and 5.3% respectively for the total population in City of Canterbury Bankstown.
The major difference between the share of the non-English speaking population attending learning institutions in the City of Canterbury Bankstown and the total population in City of Canterbury Bankstown was:
The largest changes in the non-English speaking population attending education institutions in the City of Canterbury Bankstown, between 2016 and 2021 were:
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