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
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinia Shire - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 7,291 | 23.2 | 39.0 | 4,381 | 18.9 | 33.3 | +2,910 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 3,795 | 12.1 | 11.5 | 2,626 | 11.3 | 11.5 | +1,169 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 408 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 309 | 1.3 | 1.0 | +99 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 7,558 | 24.0 | 17.1 | 5,630 | 24.3 | 18.1 | +1,928 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 522 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 486 | 2.1 | 1.8 | +36 | ||
| No qualification | 11,162 | 35.5 | 27.8 | 9,055 | 39.1 | 31.6 | +2,107 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 746 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 662 | 2.9 | 2.8 | +84 | ||
| Total Persons | 31,482 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 23,149 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +8,333 | ||
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 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)