Burwood 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 Burwood Council area.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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| Burwood Council area - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 8,113 | 50.8 | 38.4 | 7,050 | 42.4 | 32.6 | +1,063 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 1,963 | 12.3 | 11.0 | 2,099 | 12.6 | 11.1 | -136 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 143 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 151 | 0.9 | 1.2 | -8 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 1,420 | 8.9 | 18.1 | 1,747 | 10.5 | 18.7 | -327 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 313 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 383 | 2.3 | 2.3 | -70 | ||
| No qualification | 3,553 | 22.3 | 27.0 | 4,725 | 28.4 | 31.1 | -1,172 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 452 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 476 | 2.9 | 2.9 | -24 | ||
| Total Persons | 15,957 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 16,631 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -674 | ||
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 Burwood Council area in 2021 compared to New South Wales shows that there was a higher proportion holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a lower proportion with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 74.9% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 22.3% 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 Burwood Council area and New South Wales were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (50.8% compared to 38.4%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (8.9% compared to 18.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (22.3% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (12.3% compared to 11.0%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Burwood Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:
- No qualification (-1,172 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+1,063 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (-327 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (-136 local workers)