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 Fairfield City.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield City - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 16,344 | 28.1 | 38.4 | 12,751 | 22.3 | 32.6 | +3,593 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 6,380 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 5,879 | 10.3 | 11.1 | +501 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 730 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 710 | 1.2 | 1.2 | +20 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 10,030 | 17.3 | 18.1 | 10,492 | 18.4 | 18.7 | -462 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,221 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1,253 | 2.2 | 2.3 | -32 | ||
| No qualification | 21,866 | 37.6 | 27.0 | 24,173 | 42.3 | 31.1 | -2,307 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,509 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1,841 | 3.2 | 2.9 | -332 | ||
| Total Persons | 58,080 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 57,099 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +981 | ||
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 Fairfield City 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, 59.8% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 37.6% 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 Fairfield City and New South Wales were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (37.6% compared to 27.0%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (28.1% compared to 38.4%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (17.3% compared to 18.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Inadequately described or not stated (2.6% compared to 2.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Fairfield City between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+3,593 local workers)
- No qualification (-2,307 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+501 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (-462 local workers)