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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 25.7% of the City of Ryde's non-English speaking population attended an educational institution.
The share of the City of Ryde'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 Ryde'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 Ryde - non-English speakers | 2021 | 2011 | Change | ||||
Type of institution | Number | % | Lane Cove Council area | Number | % | Lane Cove Council area | 2011 to 2021 |
Attending | 16,446 | 25.7 | 24.4 | 12,528 | 28.9 | 24.2 | +3,918 |
Pre-school | 1,228 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 485 | 1.1 | 1.5 | +743 |
Primary school | 4,150 | 6.5 | 7.6 | 2,269 | 5.2 | 5.5 | +1,881 |
Secondary school | 2,420 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 2,136 | 4.9 | 4.9 | +284 |
TAFE/Vocational | 2,168 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 1,332 | 3.1 | 3.2 | +836 |
University | 5,394 | 8.4 | 5.8 | 5,791 | 13.4 | 7.7 | -397 |
Other | 1,086 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 515 | 1.2 | 1.4 | +571 |
Not attending | 47,163 | 73.7 | 75.3 | 29,894 | 69.0 | 73.8 | +17,269 |
Not stated | 352 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 874 | 2.0 | 2.0 | -522 |
Total people speaking a language other than English at home | 63,961 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 43,296 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +20,665 |
Analysis of the share of the non-English speaking population attending educational institutions in the City of Ryde in 2021 compared to Lane Cove Council area 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, 6.5% of the non-English speaking population were attending primary school, 3.8% of the population were attending secondary institutions, and 8.4% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 7.6%, 3.5% and 5.8% respectively for Lane Cove Council area.
The major differences between the share of the non-English speaking population attending learning institutions in the City of Ryde and Lane Cove Council area were:
The largest changes in the non-English speaking population attending education institutions in the City of Ryde, between 2011 and 2021 were:
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