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 Ballarat.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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Current benchmark:
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Ballarat - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 16,012 | 29.7 | 39.0 | 12,065 | 26.4 | 33.3 | +3,947 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 6,033 | 11.2 | 11.5 | 5,085 | 11.1 | 11.5 | +948 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 787 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 664 | 1.5 | 1.0 | +123 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 12,369 | 22.9 | 17.1 | 10,249 | 22.4 | 18.1 | +2,120 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 710 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 761 | 1.7 | 1.8 | -51 | ||
| No qualification | 17,061 | 31.6 | 27.8 | 15,759 | 34.4 | 31.6 | +1,302 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,015 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1,200 | 2.6 | 2.8 | -185 | ||
| Total Persons | 53,987 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 45,783 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +8,204 | ||
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 Ballarat in 2021 compared to Victoria shows that there was a lower proportion holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a higher proportion with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 66.5% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 31.6% had no qualifications, compared with 70.1% and 27.8% respectively for Victoria.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the City of Ballarat and Victoria were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (29.7% compared to 39.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (22.9% compared to 17.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (31.6% compared to 27.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate I and II Level (1.5% compared to 1.0%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Ballarat between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+3,947 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+2,120 local workers)
- No qualification (+1,302 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+948 local workers)