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 Eurobodalla Shire.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Gender:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurobodalla Shire - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 2,268 | 18.9 | 32.6 | 1,872 | 16.1 | 27.9 | +396 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 1,252 | 10.4 | 11.1 | 1,100 | 9.5 | 10.5 | +152 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 232 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 234 | 2.0 | 1.4 | -2 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 3,267 | 27.2 | 18.7 | 2,957 | 25.4 | 18.8 | +310 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 359 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 223 | 1.9 | 1.9 | +136 | ||
| No qualification | 4,202 | 35.0 | 31.1 | 4,661 | 40.1 | 34.9 | -459 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 411 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 579 | 5.0 | 4.5 | -168 | ||
| Total Persons | 11,991 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 11,626 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +365 | ||
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 Eurobodalla Shire in 2016 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, 61.5% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 35.0% had no qualifications, compared with 65.9% and 31.1% respectively for New South Wales.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Eurobodalla Shire and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (18.9% compared to 32.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (27.2% compared to 18.7%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (35.0% compared to 31.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate I and II Level (1.9% compared to 1.2%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Eurobodalla Shire between 2011 and 2016 were:
- No qualification (-459 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+396 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+310 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+152 local workers)