Camden 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 Camden Council area.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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Current benchmark:
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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| Camden Council area - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 7,714 | 22.4 | 38.4 | 4,168 | 17.1 | 32.6 | +3,546 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 3,881 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 2,557 | 10.5 | 11.1 | +1,324 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 466 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 332 | 1.4 | 1.2 | +134 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 8,548 | 24.9 | 18.1 | 6,397 | 26.2 | 18.7 | +2,151 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 707 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 573 | 2.3 | 2.3 | +134 | ||
| No qualification | 12,335 | 35.9 | 27.0 | 9,695 | 39.7 | 31.1 | +2,640 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 742 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 719 | 2.9 | 2.9 | +23 | ||
| Total Persons | 34,393 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 24,441 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +9,952 | ||
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 Camden Council area 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, 62.0% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 35.9% 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 Camden Council area and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (22.4% compared to 38.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (35.9% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (24.9% compared to 18.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (11.3% compared to 11.0%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Camden Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+3,546 local workers)
- No qualification (+2,640 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+2,151 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+1,324 local workers)