City of Parramatta community views

High quality education opportunities

While younger Australians tend to place a higher value on the provision of 'high quality education opportunities' when asked to consider what makes somewhere a good place to live, the changing nature of how we learn and work determines that one’s ability access and participate in high quality education across all ages and employment sectors will only become more important to our personal social progress, collective economic security and overall wellbeing.

High quality education opportunities in City of Parramatta

21% of residents selected ‘High quality education opportunities’ as an important attribute when considering what makes somewhere a good place to live, making it the 11th most important liveability aspect for City of Parramatta residents overall. Residents rated their experience of ‘High quality education opportunities’ in their local area 6.4 out of 10, on average, making it the 5th most positively experienced attribute of 16. In comparison to Australia, residents of City of Parramatta placed less importance on High quality education opportunities.

Benchmarks

Importance
Experience
City of Parramatta
21%
6.4
Australia
26%
6.4
New South Wales
28%
6.4
Metropolitan Sydney
30%
6.7
Metropolitan Australia
26%
6.4
Middle Suburbs
29%
6.8

Local areas

Importance
Experience
City of Parramatta
21%
6.4
Parramatta (n = 422)
19%
6.3
Rosehill (n = 248)
22%
5.8
North Rocks (n = 237)
20%
7.2
Epping (n = 70)
30%
7.3
Dundas (n = 105)
20%
6.4

Gender

Importance
Experience
City of Parramatta
21%
6.4
Male (n = 453)
23%
6.3
Female (n = 601)
19%
6.5
Other (n = 20)
23%
5.9

Age

Importance
Experience
City of Parramatta
21%
6.4
18 - 34 (n = 234)
16%
6.1
35 - 59 (n = 556)
24%
6.3
60 + (n = 311)
19%
7.2

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