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 Adelaide.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Gender:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Adelaide - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | South Australia | Number | % | South Australia | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 53,568 | 45.6 | 25.9 | 47,241 | 41.0 | 22.1 | +6,327 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 14,286 | 12.1 | 10.6 | 13,470 | 11.7 | 9.4 | +816 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 1,374 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1,546 | 1.3 | 1.6 | -172 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 13,997 | 11.9 | 21.4 | 12,986 | 11.3 | 20.0 | +1,011 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 2,231 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2,248 | 1.9 | 1.9 | -17 | ||
| No qualification | 29,665 | 25.2 | 35.8 | 34,018 | 29.5 | 41.0 | -4,353 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 2,480 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 3,802 | 3.3 | 3.9 | -1,322 | ||
| Total Persons | 117,601 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 115,311 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +2,290 | ||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2016. 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 the City of Adelaide in 2016 compared to South Australia 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, 72.7% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 25.2% had no qualifications, compared with 61.5% and 35.8% respectively for South Australia.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the City of Adelaide and South Australia were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (45.6% compared to 25.9%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (25.2% compared to 35.8%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (11.9% compared to 21.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (12.1% compared to 10.6%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Adelaide between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+6,327 local workers)
- No qualification (-4,353 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+1,011 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+816 local workers)