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Government School LBOTE students by English spoken at home, Victoria

Created 26/06/2025

Updated 26/06/2025

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The data is collected from all Government schools in Victoria as part of the August School census. From 2007 a student is deemed to be from a language background other than English if either the student or one parent/guardian speaks a language other than English at home. The dataset shows the aggregated full-time equivalent of Government School students enrolled in Victoria who have a Language Background Other Than English (LBOTE), per census year from 2007, by English spoken at home category as below: a) Students language background other than English-Speak mainly English at home; b) Students language background other than English-Does not speak mainly English at home; and c) Total students language background other than English The data is based on the August School Census which is held on the first Friday in August of each calendar year. All Victorian schools provide details of enrolments twice each year. The first collection occurs in February and the data collected is used as a basis for Government school resource allocation. The second collection occurs in August and the data collected is used as a basis for school resource allocation and for inclusion in state and national statistical publications.

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Title Government School LBOTE students by English spoken at home, Victoria
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/8ea11812-15fc-4dd6-92c9-68c1f77592b2
Remote Last Updated 17/12/2024
Contact Point
Department of Education
contact@dpc.vic.gov.au
Reference Period 31/05/2013
Geospatial Coverage Victoria
Data Portal Victoria Government

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This dataset was originally found on Victoria Government "Government School LBOTE students by English spoken at home, Victoria". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/government-school-lbote-students-by-english-spoken-at-home