Camden Council area
Local workers - Qualifications - All industries
In Camden Council area, 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 Camden Council area.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camden Council area - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 4,168 | 17.1 | 32.6 | 2,627 | 14.9 | 27.9 | +1,541 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 2,557 | 10.5 | 11.1 | 1,517 | 8.6 | 10.5 | +1,040 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 332 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 262 | 1.5 | 1.4 | +70 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 6,397 | 26.2 | 18.7 | 4,345 | 24.6 | 18.8 | +2,052 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 573 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 392 | 2.2 | 1.9 | +181 | ||
| No qualification | 9,695 | 39.7 | 31.1 | 7,695 | 43.5 | 34.9 | +2,000 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 719 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 839 | 4.7 | 4.5 | -120 | ||
| Total Persons | 24,441 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 17,677 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +6,764 | ||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id the population experts Please refer to specific data notes for more information | |||||||||
Dominant groups
Analysis of the qualifications of the in Camden 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, 57.4% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 39.7% 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 Camden Council area and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (17.1% compared to 32.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (39.7% compared to 31.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (26.2% compared to 18.7%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (10.5% compared to 11.1%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Camden Council area between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Certificate III & IV Level (+2,052 local workers)
- No qualification (+2,000 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+1,541 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+1,040 local workers)