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 Banyule.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Banyule - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 21,305 | 45.2 | 39.0 | 15,726 | 39.0 | 33.3 | +5,579 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 5,413 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 4,580 | 11.3 | 11.5 | +833 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 377 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 355 | 0.9 | 1.0 | +22 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 7,034 | 14.9 | 17.1 | 6,625 | 16.4 | 18.1 | +409 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 728 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 705 | 1.7 | 1.8 | +23 | ||
| No qualification | 11,318 | 24.0 | 27.8 | 11,318 | 28.0 | 31.6 | -- | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 996 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1,050 | 2.6 | 2.8 | -54 | ||
| Total Persons | 47,171 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 40,359 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +6,812 | ||
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 Banyule in 2021 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, 73.9% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 24.0% 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 Banyule and Victoria were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (45.2% compared to 39.0%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (24.0% compared to 27.8%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (14.9% compared to 17.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate I and II Level (0.8% compared to 1.0%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Banyule between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+5,579 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+833 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+409 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (+23 local workers)