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 Campbelltown City.
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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbelltown City - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 15,409 | 29.3 | 38.4 | 11,292 | 23.5 | 32.6 | +4,117 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 5,810 | 11.1 | 11.0 | 5,188 | 10.8 | 11.1 | +622 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 674 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 660 | 1.4 | 1.2 | +14 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 10,353 | 19.7 | 18.1 | 9,814 | 20.4 | 18.7 | +539 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,154 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1,204 | 2.5 | 2.3 | -50 | ||
| No qualification | 17,831 | 33.9 | 27.0 | 18,456 | 38.4 | 31.1 | -625 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,321 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1,507 | 3.1 | 2.9 | -186 | ||
| Total Persons | 52,552 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 48,121 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +4,431 | ||
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 Campbelltown 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, 63.6% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 33.9% 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 Campbelltown City and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (29.3% compared to 38.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (33.9% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (19.7% compared to 18.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate Level, nfd (2.2% compared to 1.9%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Campbelltown City between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+4,117 local workers)
- No qualification (-625 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+622 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+539 local workers)