City of Adelaide
Local workers - Qualifications - All industries
In the City of Adelaide, the have a higher proportion with tertiary qualifications compared to South Australia.
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 Occupation data for a full education analysis for City of Adelaide.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 – by place of work
Please note: Currently only 2016 data are available for work destination. 2011 data are not comparable due to a change in methodology in 2016 which “imputed” a work destination to those workers who didn’t state their work destination. This means comparisons with earlier years should not be made. .id are currently sourcing data collected under the same methodology in 2011 which will be added to this page at a later date. For a detailed case study of this issue please visit our blog post.
| Local workers qualifications | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Adelaide - All industries | 2016 | |||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | South Australia % | |||||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 53,568 | 45.6 | 25.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +53,568 | 25001 |
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 14,286 | 12.1 | 10.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +14,286 | 25002 |
| Certificate I and II Level | 1,374 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +1,374 | 25005 |
| Certificate III & IV Level | 13,997 | 11.9 | 21.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +13,997 | 25006 |
| Certificate Level, nfd | 2,231 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +2,231 | 25007 |
| No qualification | 29,665 | 25.2 | 35.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +29,665 | 25008 |
| Inadequately described or not stated | 2,480 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +2,480 | 25009 |
| Total persons | 117,601 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window), the population experts.
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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, 60.8% of the held educational qualifications, and 25.2% had no qualifications, compared with 40.2% and 35.8% respectively for South Australia.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the in the City of Adelaide and South Australia were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degrees (45.6% compared to 25.9%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diplomas (12.1% compared to 10.6%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualifications (25.2% compared to 35.8%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Levels (11.9% compared to 21.4%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the in the City of Adelaide between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degrees (+53,568 local workers)
- No qualifications (+29,665 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diplomas (+14,286 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Levels (+13,997 local workers)