Edward River Council
Local workers - Qualifications - All industries
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 Edward River Council.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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Current benchmark:
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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| Edward River Council - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 740 | 20.1 | 38.4 | 662 | 17.9 | 32.6 | +78 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 388 | 10.6 | 11.0 | 387 | 10.5 | 11.1 | +1 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 58 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 72 | 1.9 | 1.2 | -14 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 984 | 26.8 | 18.1 | 944 | 25.6 | 18.7 | +40 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 67 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 96 | 2.6 | 2.3 | -29 | ||
| No qualification | 1,322 | 36.0 | 27.0 | 1,376 | 37.3 | 31.1 | -54 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 116 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 156 | 4.2 | 2.9 | -40 | ||
| Total Persons | 3,675 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 3,693 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -18 | ||
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 Edward River Council 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, 60.9% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 36.0% 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 Edward River Council and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (20.1% compared to 38.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (36.0% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (26.8% compared to 18.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Inadequately described or not stated (3.2% compared to 2.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Edward River Council between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+78 local workers)
- No qualification (-54 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+40 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (-29 local workers)