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 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Gender:
Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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City of Banyule - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2011 - 2016 | ||
Bachelor or Higher degree | 15,726 | 39.0 | 33.3 | 13,173 | 34.0 | 28.6 | +2,553 | ||
Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 4,580 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 4,099 | 10.6 | 10.4 | +481 | ||
Certificate I and II Level | 355 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 386 | 1.0 | 1.1 | -31 | ||
Certificate III & IV Level | 6,625 | 16.4 | 18.1 | 6,189 | 16.0 | 17.9 | +436 | ||
Certificate Level, nfd | 705 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 628 | 1.6 | 1.5 | +77 | ||
No qualification | 11,318 | 28.0 | 31.6 | 12,716 | 32.8 | 36.4 | -1,398 | ||
Inadequately described or not stated | 1,050 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 1,519 | 3.9 | 4.0 | -469 | ||
Total Persons | 40,359 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 38,710 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,649 | ||
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 the City of Banyule 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, 69.4% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 28.0% had no qualifications, compared with 65.7% and 31.6% 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 (39.0% compared to 33.3%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (28.0% compared to 31.6%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (16.4% compared to 18.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Inadequately described or not stated (2.6% compared to 2.8%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Banyule between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+2,553 local workers)
- No qualification (-1,398 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+481 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+436 local workers)