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 Darebin.
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 | |||||||||
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City of Darebin - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2016 - 2021 | ||
Bachelor or Higher degree | 22,673 | 42.0 | 39.0 | 17,038 | 35.7 | 33.3 | +5,635 | ||
Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 6,580 | 12.2 | 11.5 | 5,635 | 11.8 | 11.5 | +945 | ||
Certificate I and II Level | 425 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 418 | 0.9 | 1.0 | +7 | ||
Certificate III & IV Level | 7,794 | 14.4 | 17.1 | 7,373 | 15.5 | 18.1 | +421 | ||
Certificate Level, nfd | 821 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 846 | 1.8 | 1.8 | -25 | ||
No qualification | 14,506 | 26.9 | 27.8 | 15,080 | 31.6 | 31.6 | -574 | ||
Inadequately described or not stated | 1,170 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1,291 | 2.7 | 2.8 | -121 | ||
Total Persons | 53,969 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 47,681 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +6,288 | ||
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 the City of Darebin in 2021 compared to Victoria shows that there was a similar proportion holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a similar proportion with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 71.0% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 26.9% had no qualifications, compared with 70.1% and 27.8% respectively for Victoria.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the City of Darebin and Victoria were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (42.0% compared to 39.0%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (14.4% compared to 17.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (26.9% compared to 27.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (12.2% compared to 11.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Darebin between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+5,635 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+945 local workers)
- No qualification (-574 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+421 local workers)