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 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Brimbank - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 23,881 | 30.6 | 39.0 | 16,735 | 25.2 | 33.3 | +7,146 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 8,687 | 11.1 | 11.5 | 7,199 | 10.8 | 11.5 | +1,488 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 802 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 673 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +129 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 14,377 | 18.4 | 17.1 | 12,915 | 19.4 | 18.1 | +1,462 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,365 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1,253 | 1.9 | 1.8 | +112 | ||
| No qualification | 27,079 | 34.7 | 27.8 | 25,699 | 38.6 | 31.6 | +1,380 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,902 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2,020 | 3.0 | 2.8 | -118 | ||
| Total Persons | 78,093 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 66,494 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +11,599 | ||
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 Brimbank in 2021 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, 62.9% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 34.7% 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 Brimbank and Victoria were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (30.6% compared to 39.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (34.7% compared to 27.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (18.4% compared to 17.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (11.1% compared to 11.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Brimbank between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+7,146 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+1,488 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+1,462 local workers)
- No qualification (+1,380 local workers)