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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 13.1% of the born in Malaysia in the City of Ryde attended an educational institution.
The share of the City of Ryde's overseas-born 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, 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.
Please note: In many areas of Australia, at the 2021 Census, numbers of overseas-born university students declined substantially due to university face-to-face closures during the COVID pandemic. This may have changed since the Census, please use with caution.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'What type of educational institution is the person attending?'
| Education institution attending | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Ryde - born in Malaysia | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Type of institution | Number | % | Greater Sydney | Number | % | Greater Sydney | 2016 to 2021 |
| Attending | 244 | 13.1 | 15.5 | 227 | 15.3 | 18.1 | +17 |
| Pre-school | 4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | -5 |
| Primary school | 26 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 22 | 1.5 | 1.9 | +4 |
| Secondary school | 29 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 21 | 1.4 | 2.9 | +8 |
| TAFE/Vocational | 39 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 30 | 2.0 | 2.2 | +9 |
| University | 118 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 131 | 8.8 | 8.6 | -13 |
| Other | 28 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 14 | 0.9 | 2.2 | +14 |
| Not attending | 1,603 | 86.2 | 83.5 | 1,250 | 84.2 | 80.8 | +353 |
| Not stated | 12 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 8 | 0.5 | 1.1 | +4 |
| Total people | 1,859 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1,485 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +374 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the share of the population born in Malaysia attending educational institutions in the City of Ryde in 2021 compared to Greater Sydney 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, 1.4% of the population born in Malaysia were attending primary school, 1.6% were attending secondary institutions, and 8.4% were learning at a tertiary level, compared with 1.7%, 2.1% and 8.8% respectively for Greater Sydney.
The major differences between the share of the population born in Malaysia attending learning institutions in the City of Ryde and Greater Sydney were:
- A larger percentage of people Not attending (86.2% compared to 83.5%)
- A smaller percentage of people Other (1.5% compared to 2.6%)
Emerging groups
From 2016 to 2021, the population born in Malaysia in the City of Ryde increased by +765 people (51.52%). This represents an average annual change of 4.59% per year over the period.
The largest change in the number of people born in Malaysia attending education institutions in the City of Ryde, between 2016 and 2021 was:
- Not attending (+353 persons)
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