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 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Adelaide - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | South Australia | Number | % | South Australia | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 69,341 | 53.2 | 30.6 | 53,568 | 45.6 | 25.9 | +15,773 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 14,687 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 14,286 | 12.1 | 10.6 | +401 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 1,357 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1,374 | 1.2 | 1.5 | -17 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 14,745 | 11.3 | 21.6 | 13,997 | 11.9 | 21.4 | +748 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,946 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2,231 | 1.9 | 2.2 | -285 | ||
| No qualification | 26,102 | 20.0 | 32.2 | 29,665 | 25.2 | 35.8 | -3,563 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 2,231 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2,480 | 2.1 | 2.7 | -249 | ||
| Total Persons | 130,409 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 117,601 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +12,808 | ||
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 the City of Adelaide in 2021 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, 78.3% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 20.0% had no qualifications, compared with 65.8% and 32.2% 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 (53.2% compared to 30.6%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (20.0% compared to 32.2%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (11.3% compared to 21.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (11.3% compared to 10.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Adelaide between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+15,773 local workers)
- No qualification (-3,563 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+748 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+401 local workers)