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 Cumberland City.
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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland City - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 25,280 | 34.2 | 38.4 | 19,002 | 26.9 | 32.6 | +6,278 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 8,600 | 11.6 | 11.0 | 7,981 | 11.3 | 11.1 | +619 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 794 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 775 | 1.1 | 1.2 | +19 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 11,367 | 15.4 | 18.1 | 12,299 | 17.4 | 18.7 | -932 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,482 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1,596 | 2.3 | 2.3 | -114 | ||
| No qualification | 24,416 | 33.0 | 27.0 | 26,659 | 37.7 | 31.1 | -2,243 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 2,069 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2,363 | 3.3 | 2.9 | -294 | ||
| Total Persons | 74,008 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 70,675 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +3,333 | ||
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 Cumberland 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, 64.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 33.0% 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 Cumberland City and New South Wales were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (33.0% compared to 27.0%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (34.2% compared to 38.4%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (15.4% compared to 18.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (11.6% compared to 11.0%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Cumberland City between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+6,278 local workers)
- No qualification (-2,243 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (-932 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+619 local workers)