Bayside Council area
Local workers - Qualifications - All industries
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 Bayside Council area.
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 | |||||||||
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| Bayside Council area - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 26,341 | 36.8 | 38.4 | 22,008 | 29.7 | 32.6 | +4,333 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 9,885 | 13.8 | 11.0 | 9,820 | 13.3 | 11.1 | +65 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 736 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 805 | 1.1 | 1.2 | -69 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 11,367 | 15.9 | 18.1 | 12,786 | 17.3 | 18.7 | -1,419 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,609 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1,806 | 2.4 | 2.3 | -197 | ||
| No qualification | 19,606 | 27.4 | 27.0 | 24,504 | 33.1 | 31.1 | -4,898 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,948 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2,287 | 3.1 | 2.9 | -339 | ||
| Total Persons | 71,492 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 74,016 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -2,524 | ||
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 Bayside Council area in 2021 compared to New South Wales shows that there was a similar proportion holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a similar proportion with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 69.9% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 27.4% had no qualifications, compared with 70.7% and 27.0% respectively for New South Wales.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Bayside Council area and New South Wales were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (13.8% compared to 11.0%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (15.9% compared to 18.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (36.8% compared to 38.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (27.4% compared to 27.0%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Bayside Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:
- No qualification (-4,898 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+4,333 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (-1,419 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (-197 local workers)