Cardinia Shire

Local workers - Qualifications - All industries

In Cardinia Shire, the workforce has a lower proportion with University qualifications compared to Victoria.

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 Cardinia Shire.

Data source

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work

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Local workers qualifications
Cardinia Shire - All industries 20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%. VictoriaNumber%. Victoria2016 - 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree7,29123.239.04,38118.933.3+2,910
Advanced Diploma or Diploma3,79512.111.52,62611.311.5+1,169
Certificate I and II Level4081.31.03091.31.0+99
Certificate III & IV Level7,55824.017.15,63024.318.1+1,928
Certificate Level, nfd5221.71.54862.11.8+36
No qualification11,16235.527.89,05539.131.6+2,107
Inadequately described or not stated7462.42.26622.92.8+84
Total Persons31,482100.0100.023,149100.0100.0+8,333

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions)

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Dominant groups

Analysis of the qualifications of the in Cardinia Shire in 2021 compared to Victoria 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, 62.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 35.5% had no qualifications, compared with 70.1% and 27.8% respectively for Victoria.

The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Cardinia Shire and Victoria were:

  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (23.2% compared to 39.0%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (35.5% compared to 27.8%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (24.0% compared to 17.1%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (12.1% compared to 11.5%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Cardinia Shire between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Bachelor or Higher degree (+2,910 local workers)
  • No qualification (+2,107 local workers)
  • Certificate III & IV Level (+1,928 local workers)
  • Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+1,169 local workers)

Cardinia Shire

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