In the City of Darebin, the workforce has a higher proportion with University qualifications compared to Construction.
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 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Darebin - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Construction | Number | % | Construction | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 17,038 | 35.7 | 13.5 | 13,197 | 30.0 | 10.1 | +3,841 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 5,635 | 11.8 | 8.7 | 4,629 | 10.5 | 6.4 | +1,006 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 418 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 394 | 0.9 | 0.3 | +24 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 7,373 | 15.5 | 43.0 | 6,946 | 15.8 | 43.2 | +427 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 846 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 690 | 1.6 | 0.8 | +156 | ||
| No qualification | 15,080 | 31.6 | 30.3 | 16,227 | 36.8 | 35.5 | -1,147 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,291 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1,964 | 4.5 | 3.7 | -673 | ||
| Total Persons | 47,681 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 44,047 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +3,634 | ||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id the population experts Please refer to specific data notes for more information | |||||||||
Dominant groups
Analysis of the qualifications of the in the City of Darebin in 2016 compared to Construction shows that there was a higher proportion holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a lower proportion with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 65.7% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 31.6% had no qualifications, compared with 67.3% and 30.3% respectively for Construction.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the City of Darebin and Construction were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (15.5% compared to 43.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (35.7% compared to 13.5%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (11.8% compared to 8.7%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (31.6% compared to 30.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Darebin between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+3,841 local workers)
- No qualification (-1,147 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+1,006 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+427 local workers)