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 Brimbank.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Gender:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Brimbank - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 16,735 | 25.2 | 33.3 | 12,045 | 20.7 | 28.6 | +4,690 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 7,199 | 10.8 | 11.5 | 5,244 | 9.0 | 10.4 | +1,955 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 673 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 671 | 1.2 | 1.1 | +2 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 12,915 | 19.4 | 18.1 | 11,008 | 18.9 | 17.9 | +1,907 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,253 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 899 | 1.5 | 1.5 | +354 | ||
| No qualification | 25,699 | 38.6 | 31.6 | 25,534 | 43.9 | 36.4 | +165 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 2,020 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2,812 | 4.8 | 4.0 | -792 | ||
| Total Persons | 66,494 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 58,213 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +8,281 | ||
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 Brimbank in 2016 compared to Victoria 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, 58.3% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 38.6% 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 Brimbank and Victoria were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (25.2% compared to 33.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (38.6% compared to 31.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (19.4% compared to 18.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (10.8% compared to 11.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Brimbank between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+4,690 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+1,955 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+1,907 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (+354 local workers)