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 Blacktown City.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Gender:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blacktown City - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 25,675 | 24.4 | 32.6 | 19,019 | 20.6 | 27.9 | +6,656 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 10,953 | 10.4 | 11.1 | 8,371 | 9.1 | 10.5 | +2,582 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 1,278 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1,374 | 1.5 | 1.4 | -96 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 20,900 | 19.8 | 18.7 | 18,177 | 19.7 | 18.8 | +2,723 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 2,455 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1,678 | 1.8 | 1.9 | +777 | ||
| No qualification | 40,905 | 38.8 | 31.1 | 39,142 | 42.4 | 34.9 | +1,763 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 3,179 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 4,567 | 4.9 | 4.5 | -1,388 | ||
| Total Persons | 105,345 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 92,328 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +13,017 | ||
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 Blacktown City in 2016 compared to New South Wales 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, 58.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 38.8% had no qualifications, compared with 65.9% and 31.1% respectively for New South Wales.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Blacktown City and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (24.4% compared to 32.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (38.8% compared to 31.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (19.8% compared to 18.7%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (10.4% compared to 11.1%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Blacktown City between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+6,656 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+2,723 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+2,582 local workers)
- No qualification (+1,763 local workers)