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 Alpine Shire.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Shire - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 921 | 19.9 | 33.3 | 776 | 16.5 | 28.6 | +145 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 525 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 414 | 8.8 | 10.4 | +111 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 70 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 81 | 1.7 | 1.1 | -11 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 1,124 | 24.3 | 18.1 | 1,149 | 24.4 | 17.9 | -25 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 113 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 93 | 2.0 | 1.5 | +20 | ||
| No qualification | 1,703 | 36.9 | 31.6 | 1,979 | 42.0 | 36.4 | -276 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 162 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 220 | 4.7 | 4.0 | -58 | ||
| Total Persons | 4,618 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 4,712 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -94 | ||
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 Alpine Shire in 2016 compared to Victoria 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, 59.6% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 36.9% had no qualifications, compared with 65.7% and 31.6% respectively for Victoria.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Alpine Shire and Victoria were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (19.9% compared to 33.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (24.3% compared to 18.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (36.9% compared to 31.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Inadequately described or not stated (3.5% compared to 2.8%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Alpine Shire between 2011 and 2016 were:
- No qualification (-276 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+145 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+111 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (-25 local workers)