City of Banyule

Resident workers - Qualifications

75.7% of the resident workers (All industries) in the City of Banyule 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 Banyule'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 Banyule'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 Banyule - Persons20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%. VictoriaNumber%. Victoria2016 - 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree31,20148.839.024,83242.233.3+6,369
Advanced Diploma or Diploma7,03411.011.56,69111.411.5+343
Certificate I and II Level4700.71.04250.71.0+45
Certificate III & IV Level8,77313.717.18,90515.118.1-132
Certificate Level, nfd8981.41.59761.71.8-78
No qualification14,40722.527.815,79126.831.5-1,384
Inadequately described or not stated1,1411.82.21,2922.22.8-151
Total Persons63,924100.0100.058,912100.0100.0+5,012

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 Banyule 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, 75.7% of the resident workers (All industries) held educational qualifications, and 22.5% 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 Banyule and (Victoria) were:

  • A larger percentage of resident workers (All industries) with Bachelor or Higher degree (48.8% compared to 39.0%)
  • A smaller percentage of resident workers (All industries) with No qualification (22.5% compared to 27.8%)
  • A smaller percentage of resident workers (All industries) with Certificate III & IV Level (13.7% compared to 17.1%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Bachelor or Higher degree (+6,369 persons)
  • No qualification (-1,384 persons)
  • Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+343 persons)
  • Certificate III & IV Level (-132 persons)

City of Banyule

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