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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 32.7% of the City of Joondalup's population aged 0 to 4 years attended an educational institution.
The share of particular age groups attending education is a particularly important socio-economic characteristic, when applied to age groups under 25.
Typically, the ages at which people are likely to attend particular education is as follows:
Significantly lower rates of school attendance among those age groups to which it usually applies can indicate a high school dropout rate, while high rates can indicate the presence of major schools in the area. For tertiary education, this is particularly affected by proximity to universities, and some areas may have close to 100% of their 18-24 year olds in university education, indicating an area catering for students in particular. A low rate may mean a loss of young people who move elsewhere for education.
'What type of educational institution is the person attending?'
Education institution attending | |||||||
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City of Joondalup - 0 to 4 years | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Type of institution | Number | % | City of Joondalup - Total population | Number | % | City of Joondalup - Total population | 2016 to 2021 |
Pre-school | 2,024 | 23.7 | 1.6 | 1,354 | 15.5 | 1.2 | +670 |
Primary school | 403 | 4.7 | 8.8 | 698 | 8.0 | 9.3 | -295 |
Secondary school | 0 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 0 |
TAFE/Vocational | 0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0 |
University | 0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 0 |
Other | 360 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 57 | 0.7 | 0.6 | +303 |
Not attending | 5,658 | 66.3 | 71.2 | 6,442 | 73.5 | 70.2 | -784 |
Not stated | 89 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 211 | 2.4 | 4.3 | -122 |
Total people | 8,534 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 8,762 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -228 |
Analysis of the population aged 0 to 4 years attending educational institutions in the City of Joondalup in 2021 compared to the total population in the City of Joondalup shows that there was a higher proportion attending pre-school school, a lower proportion attending primary school, and a lower proportion not engaged in any education.
Overall, 23.7% of the population aged 0 to 4 years were attending pre-school, 4.7% were attending primary institutions, and 66.3% were not engaged in any education, compared with 1.6%, 8.8% and 71.2% respectively for the total population in the City of Joondalup.
The major differences between the share of children aged 0 to 4 years attending learning institutions in the City of Joondalup and the total population in the City of Joondalup were:
From 2016 to 2021, City of Joondalup's population aged 0 to 4 years decreased by 228 people (+2.6%). This represents an average annual change of -0.53% per year over the period.
The largest changes in the number of children aged 0 to 4 years attending education institutions in the City of Joondalup, between 2016 and 2021 were:
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