Infographic 5
At the national level, 91.5% of eligible children under 18 years of age were living within less than 15 kilometres of a minority official language school in 2021

Infographic description

The title of the infographic is "At the national level, 91.5% of eligible children under 18 years of age were living within less than 15 kilometres of a minority official language school in 2021"

This is a vertical bar chart.

The vertical axis shows the proportion of eligible children that were living within a certain number of kilometres of the closest official minority language school, from 0% to 25%, by intervals of 5%.

The horizontal axis shows the number of kilometres between the place of residence of eligible children and the closest official minority language school, namely, less than 1 km was 23.5%; 1 km was 20.3%; 2 km was 12.9%; 3 km was 9.2%; 4 km was 6.5%; 5 km was 4.5%; 6 km was 3.4%; 7 km was 2.7%; 8 km was 2.2%; 9 km was 1.7%; 10 km was 1.4%; 11 km was 1.1%; 12 km was 0.9%; 13 km was 0.7%; 14 km was 0.6%; and 15 km or more was 8.5%.

Note(s): The number of kilometres is the distance between the children's place of residence and the closest minority language school.

Source(s): Census of Population, 2021 (3901) and Official Language Minority Schools Database, 2022.