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 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurobodalla Shire - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 3,054 | 21.9 | 38.4 | 2,268 | 18.9 | 32.6 | +786 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 1,519 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 1,252 | 10.4 | 11.1 | +267 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 249 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 232 | 1.9 | 1.2 | +17 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 3,833 | 27.5 | 18.1 | 3,267 | 27.2 | 18.7 | +566 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 342 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 359 | 3.0 | 2.3 | -17 | ||
| No qualification | 4,525 | 32.4 | 27.0 | 4,202 | 35.0 | 31.1 | +323 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 439 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 411 | 3.4 | 2.9 | +28 | ||
| Total Persons | 13,961 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 11,991 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,970 | ||
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 Eurobodalla Shire 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, 64.4% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 32.4% 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 Eurobodalla Shire and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (21.9% compared to 38.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (27.5% compared to 18.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (32.4% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Inadequately described or not stated (3.1% compared to 2.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Eurobodalla Shire between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+786 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+566 local workers)
- No qualification (+323 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+267 local workers)