Ku-ring-gai Council area
Local workers - Qualifications - All industries
Qualification levels help to evaluate the economic opportunities and socio-economic status of local workers in a particular industry.
The level of qualifications in a workforce relate to a number of factors including:
- The age of the workforce;
- The skill and qualification level required to enter an industry;
- The professional or working ambitions of people (to seek education as youth or retraining as adults);
- The opportunities afforded to people to continue studying beyond compulsory schooling.
Educational Qualification statistics should be looked at in conjunction with Field of qualification and Occupations data for a full education analysis for Ku-ring-gai Council area.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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Current benchmark:
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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| Ku-ring-gai Council area - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 18,683 | 55.6 | 38.4 | 14,249 | 47.1 | 32.6 | +4,434 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 3,866 | 11.5 | 11.0 | 3,807 | 12.6 | 11.1 | +59 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 255 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 220 | 0.7 | 1.2 | +35 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 2,872 | 8.6 | 18.1 | 3,226 | 10.7 | 18.7 | -354 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 618 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 736 | 2.4 | 2.3 | -118 | ||
| No qualification | 6,543 | 19.5 | 27.0 | 7,139 | 23.6 | 31.1 | -596 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 752 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 855 | 2.8 | 2.9 | -103 | ||
| Total Persons | 33,589 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 30,232 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +3,357 | ||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions) Please refer to specific data notes for more information | |||||||||
Dominant groups
Analysis of the qualifications of the in Ku-ring-gai Council area in 2021 compared to New South Wales shows that there was a higher proportion holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a lower proportion with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 78.3% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 19.5% had no qualifications, compared with 70.7% and 27.0% respectively for New South Wales.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Ku-ring-gai Council area and New South Wales were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (55.6% compared to 38.4%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (8.6% compared to 18.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (19.5% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (11.5% compared to 11.0%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Ku-ring-gai Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+4,434 local workers)
- No qualification (-596 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (-354 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (-118 local workers)