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 the City of Casey.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Gender:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Casey - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 15,351 | 23.9 | 33.3 | 10,664 | 19.5 | 28.6 | +4,687 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 7,899 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 5,463 | 10.0 | 10.4 | +2,436 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 820 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 792 | 1.4 | 1.1 | +28 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 13,085 | 20.4 | 18.1 | 11,070 | 20.2 | 17.9 | +2,015 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,263 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 926 | 1.7 | 1.5 | +337 | ||
| No qualification | 23,962 | 37.3 | 31.6 | 23,352 | 42.7 | 36.4 | +610 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,858 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2,445 | 4.5 | 4.0 | -587 | ||
| Total Persons | 64,238 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 54,712 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +9,526 | ||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2016. 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 the City of Casey in 2016 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, 59.8% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 37.3% had no qualifications, compared with 65.7% and 31.6% respectively for Victoria.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the City of Casey and Victoria were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (23.9% compared to 33.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (37.3% compared to 31.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (20.4% compared to 18.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (12.3% compared to 11.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Casey between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+4,687 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+2,436 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+2,015 local workers)
- No qualification (+610 local workers)