Burwood Council area
Local workers - Qualifications - All industries
In Burwood Council area, the workforce has a higher 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 Burwood Council area.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burwood Council area - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 7,050 | 42.4 | 32.6 | 6,107 | 37.3 | 27.9 | +943 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 2,099 | 12.6 | 11.1 | 1,976 | 12.1 | 10.5 | +123 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 151 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 189 | 1.2 | 1.4 | -38 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 1,747 | 10.5 | 18.7 | 1,750 | 10.7 | 18.8 | -3 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 383 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 346 | 2.1 | 1.9 | +37 | ||
| No qualification | 4,725 | 28.4 | 31.1 | 5,179 | 31.6 | 34.9 | -454 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 476 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 838 | 5.1 | 4.5 | -362 | ||
| Total Persons | 16,631 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 16,385 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +246 | ||
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 Burwood Council area in 2016 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, 68.7% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 28.4% 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 Burwood Council area and New South Wales were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (42.4% compared to 32.6%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (10.5% compared to 18.7%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (28.4% compared to 31.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (12.6% compared to 11.1%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Burwood Council area between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+943 local workers)
- No qualification (-454 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+123 local workers)
- Certificate I and II Level (-38 local workers)