City of Greater Geelong
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 the City of Greater Geelong.
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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| City of Greater Geelong - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 38,627 | 32.8 | 39.0 | 26,513 | 27.9 | 33.3 | +12,114 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 14,319 | 12.1 | 11.5 | 11,420 | 12.0 | 11.5 | +2,899 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 1,342 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1,157 | 1.2 | 1.0 | +185 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 25,294 | 21.5 | 17.1 | 20,607 | 21.7 | 18.1 | +4,687 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,629 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1,731 | 1.8 | 1.8 | -102 | ||
| No qualification | 34,392 | 29.2 | 27.8 | 31,148 | 32.8 | 31.6 | +3,244 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 2,299 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2,476 | 2.6 | 2.8 | -177 | ||
| Total Persons | 117,902 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 95,052 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +22,850 | ||
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 the City of Greater Geelong in 2021 compared to Victoria 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, 68.9% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 29.2% had no qualifications, compared with 70.1% and 27.8% respectively for Victoria.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the City of Greater Geelong and Victoria were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (32.8% compared to 39.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (21.5% compared to 17.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (29.2% compared to 27.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (12.1% compared to 11.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Greater Geelong between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+12,114 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+4,687 local workers)
- No qualification (+3,244 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+2,899 local workers)