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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 34.6% of the City of Casey's Punjabi speaking population attended an educational institution.
The share of the City of Casey'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, the City of Casey'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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Casey - Punjabi speakers | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Type of institution | Number | % | Greater Melbourne | Number | % | Greater Melbourne | 2016 to 2021 |
| Attending | 5,828 | 34.6 | 35.2 | 1,715 | 25.6 | 27.8 | +4,113 |
| Pre-school | 651 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 174 | 2.6 | 2.2 | +477 |
| Primary school | 2,191 | 13.0 | 10.8 | 601 | 9.0 | 6.7 | +1,590 |
| Secondary school | 595 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 245 | 3.7 | 2.6 | +350 |
| TAFE/Vocational | 842 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 161 | 2.4 | 3.4 | +681 |
| University | 840 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 392 | 5.8 | 9.0 | +448 |
| Other | 709 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 142 | 2.1 | 3.9 | +567 |
| Not attending | 10,849 | 64.3 | 63.7 | 4,882 | 72.8 | 70.3 | +5,967 |
| Not stated | 184 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 107 | 1.6 | 1.9 | +77 |
| Total people speaking Punjabi at home | 16,861 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 6,704 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +10,157 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the share of the Punjabi speaking population attending educational institutions in the City of Casey in 2021 compared to Greater Melbourne 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, 13.0% of the Punjabi speaking population were attending primary school, 3.5% of the population were attending secondary institutions, and 5.0% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 10.8%, 3.1% and 6.2% respectively for Greater Melbourne.
The major differences between the share of the Punjabi speaking population attending learning institutions in the City of Casey and Greater Melbourne were:
- A larger percentage of people attending a primary school (13.0% compared to 10.8%)
- A smaller percentage of people attending TAFE/Vocational (5.0% compared to 6.4%)
- A smaller percentage of people attending University (5.0% compared to 6.2%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the Punjabi speaking population attending education institutions in the City of Casey, between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Not attending (+5,967 persons)
- Primary school (+1,590 persons)
- TAFE/Vocational (+681 persons)
- Other (+567 persons)
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