City of Sydney

Local workers - Qualifications - All industries

In the City of Sydney, the workforce has a higher proportion with University qualifications compared to New South Wales.

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 the City of Sydney.

Data source

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work

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Local workers qualifications
City of Sydney - All industries 20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%. New South WalesNumber%. New South Wales2016 - 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree358,80766.438.4285,60457.332.6+73,203
Advanced Diploma or Diploma52,3829.711.054,02710.811.1-1,645
Certificate I and II Level3,1740.61.23,2550.71.2-81
Certificate III & IV Level33,6486.218.136,6197.318.7-2,971
Certificate Level, nfd7,0581.31.98,1071.62.3-1,049
No qualification74,94013.927.098,42019.731.1-23,480
Inadequately described or not stated10,6172.02.312,3952.52.9-1,778
Total Persons540,626100.0100.0498,427100.0100.0+42,199

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions)

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Dominant groups

Analysis of the qualifications of the in the City of Sydney 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, 84.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 13.9% 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 the City of Sydney and New South Wales were:

  • A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (66.4% compared to 38.4%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (13.9% compared to 27.0%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (6.2% compared to 18.1%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (9.7% compared to 11.0%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Sydney between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Bachelor or Higher degree (+73,203 local workers)
  • No qualification (-23,480 local workers)
  • Certificate III & IV Level (-2,971 local workers)
  • Advanced Diploma or Diploma (-1,645 local workers)

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