City of Ballarat

Resident workers - Qualifications

67.4% of the resident workers (All industries) in the City of Ballarat have qualifications, compared to 70.1% for Victoria.

Education is an essential means of building the knowledge and skill levels of the labour force, which is a key factor in achieving future economic and social development.

The level of educational attainment for the City of Ballarat's resident workforce relates to a number of factors including:

  • The age structure of the resident workforce;
  • The professional or social ambitions of people to obtain qualifications (that is, to seek education and retraining);
  • The opportunities afforded to people to continue studying beyond compulsory schooling, and;
  • The knowledge and skill requirements of the local industries.

Qualification should be looked at in conjunction with Income , Occupations and Field of qualification for a clearer picture of the knowledge and skill level of the City of Ballarat's local resident workers.

When comparing the Qualifications of local resident worker with local workers, Qualifications statistics indicates whether an economy draws on the skills offered by its own residents or on a different set of skills imported from elsewhere in the region.

Data source

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 and 2021 – by usual residence

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Resident workers qualifications
City of Ballarat - Persons20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%. VictoriaNumber%. Victoria2016 - 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree16,44031.039.011,98526.833.3+4,455
Advanced Diploma or Diploma5,77810.911.54,74410.611.5+1,034
Certificate I and II Level7161.31.06331.41.0+83
Certificate III & IV Level12,14722.917.110,29623.018.1+1,851
Certificate Level, nfd6811.31.57071.61.8-26
No qualification16,40530.927.815,24534.131.5+1,160
Inadequately described or not stated9291.72.21,1052.52.8-176
Total Persons53,096100.0100.044,715100.0100.0+8,381

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 resident workers (All industries) in the City of Ballarat in 2021 compared to Victoria shows that there was a higher proportion of resident holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a lower proportion of males with no formal qualifications.

Overall, 67.4% of the resident workers (All industries) held educational qualifications, and 30.9% had no qualifications, compared with 70.1% and 27.8% respectively for Victoria.

The major differences between qualifications held by the resident workers (All industries) of the City of Ballarat and (Victoria) were:

  • A smaller percentage of resident workers (All industries) with Bachelor or Higher degree (31.0% compared to 39.0%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers (All industries) with Certificate III & IV Level (22.9% compared to 17.1%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers (All industries) with No qualification (30.9% compared to 27.8%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the qualifications held by the resident workers (All industries) in the City of Ballarat between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Bachelor or Higher degree (+4,455 persons)
  • Certificate III & IV Level (+1,851 persons)
  • No qualification (+1,160 persons)
  • Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+1,034 persons)

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