Broken Hill City

Local workers - Qualifications - All industries

In Broken Hill City, the workforce has a lower proportion with University qualifications compared to New South Wales.

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 Broken Hill City.

Data source

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work

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Local workers qualifications
Broken Hill City - All industries 20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%. New South WalesNumber%. New South Wales2016 - 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree1,30318.338.41,12816.532.6+175
Advanced Diploma or Diploma6609.311.05808.511.1+80
Certificate I and II Level1171.61.21311.91.2-14
Certificate III & IV Level2,07829.218.11,92928.218.7+149
Certificate Level, nfd1452.01.91642.42.3-19
No qualification2,64137.127.02,67739.131.1-36
Inadequately described or not stated1842.62.32323.42.9-48
Total Persons7,128100.0100.06,841100.0100.0+287

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions)

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Dominant groups

Analysis of the qualifications of the in Broken Hill City in 2021 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, 60.4% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 37.1% 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 Broken Hill City and New South Wales were:

  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (18.3% compared to 38.4%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (29.2% compared to 18.1%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (37.1% compared to 27.0%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (9.3% compared to 11.0%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Broken Hill City between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Bachelor or Higher degree (+175 local workers)
  • Certificate III & IV Level (+149 local workers)
  • Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+80 local workers)
  • No qualification (-36 local workers)

Broken Hill City

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