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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 32.9% of the City of Whittlesea's Persian/Dari speaking population attended an educational institution.
The share of the City of Whittlesea'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 Whittlesea'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 Whittlesea - Persian/Dari speakers | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Type of institution | Number | % | Greater Melbourne | Number | % | Greater Melbourne | 2016 to 2021 |
Attending | 734 | 32.9 | 33.5 | 471 | 31.8 | 34.3 | +263 |
Pre-school | 62 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 14 | 0.9 | 1.2 | +48 |
Primary school | 194 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 121 | 8.2 | 8.9 | +73 |
Secondary school | 144 | 6.5 | 7.9 | 96 | 6.5 | 7.6 | +48 |
TAFE/Vocational | 100 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 81 | 5.5 | 4.3 | +19 |
University | 159 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 115 | 7.8 | 8.5 | +44 |
Other | 75 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 44 | 3.0 | 3.8 | +31 |
Not attending | 1,452 | 65.1 | 65.1 | 948 | 64.0 | 62.3 | +504 |
Not stated | 44 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 63 | 4.3 | 3.4 | -19 |
Total people speaking Persian/Dari at home | 2,230 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1,482 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +748 |
Analysis of the share of the Persian/Dari speaking population attending educational institutions in the City of Whittlesea in 2021 compared to Greater Melbourne shows that there was a similar proportion attending primary school, a lower proportion attending secondary school, and a similar proportion engaged in tertiary level education.
Overall, 8.7% of the Persian/Dari speaking population were attending primary school, 6.5% of the population were attending secondary institutions, and 7.1% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 8.8%, 7.9% and 7.3% respectively for Greater Melbourne.
The major difference between the share of the Persian/Dari speaking population attending learning institutions in the City of Whittlesea and Greater Melbourne was:
The largest changes in the Persian/Dari speaking population attending education institutions in the City of Whittlesea, between 2016 and 2021 were:
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