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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 36.9% of the Northern Beaches Council's Portuguese speaking population attended an educational institution.
The share of the Northern Beaches 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, the Northern Beaches 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Beaches Council - Portuguese speakers | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Type of institution | Number | % | Greater Sydney | Number | % | Greater Sydney | 2016 to 2021 |
| Attending | 1,293 | 36.9 | 31.6 | 957 | 36.2 | 30.2 | +336 |
| Pre-school | 120 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 90 | 3.4 | 1.6 | +30 |
| Primary school | 286 | 8.2 | 5.1 | 174 | 6.6 | 4.0 | +112 |
| Secondary school | 135 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 68 | 2.6 | 2.6 | +67 |
| TAFE/Vocational | 375 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 281 | 10.6 | 8.2 | +94 |
| University | 167 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 128 | 4.8 | 5.8 | +39 |
| Other | 210 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 216 | 8.2 | 8.1 | -6 |
| Not attending | 2,196 | 62.7 | 67.8 | 1,659 | 62.7 | 68.3 | +537 |
| Not stated | 16 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 30 | 1.1 | 1.5 | -14 |
| Total people speaking Portuguese at home | 3,505 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 2,646 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +859 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the share of the Portuguese speaking population attending educational institutions in the Northern Beaches Council in 2021 compared to Greater Sydney shows that there was a higher proportion attending primary school, a higher proportion attending secondary school, and a higher proportion engaged in tertiary level education.
Overall, 8.2% of the Portuguese speaking population were attending primary school, 3.9% of the population were attending secondary institutions, and 4.8% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 5.1%, 2.7% and 4.2% respectively for Greater Sydney.
The major differences between the share of the Portuguese speaking population attending learning institutions in Northern Beaches Council area and Greater Sydney were:
- A larger percentage of people attending a primary school (8.2% compared to 5.1%)
- A larger percentage of people attending a pre-school (3.4% compared to 2.1%)
- A larger percentage of people attending a secondary school (3.9% compared to 2.7%)
- A smaller percentage of people not attending (62.7% compared to 67.8%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the Portuguese speaking population attending education institutions in Northern Beaches Council area, between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Not attending (+537 persons)
- Primary school (+112 persons)
- TAFE/Vocational (+94 persons)
- Secondary school (+67 persons)
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