Georges River Council area
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 Georges River Council area.
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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| Georges River Council area - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 19,251 | 44.4 | 38.4 | 16,025 | 37.7 | 32.6 | +3,226 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 5,475 | 12.6 | 11.0 | 5,261 | 12.4 | 11.1 | +214 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 470 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 420 | 1.0 | 1.2 | +50 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 5,659 | 13.0 | 18.1 | 5,968 | 14.0 | 18.7 | -309 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 891 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1,024 | 2.4 | 2.3 | -133 | ||
| No qualification | 10,536 | 24.3 | 27.0 | 12,522 | 29.4 | 31.1 | -1,986 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,116 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1,325 | 3.1 | 2.9 | -209 | ||
| Total Persons | 43,398 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 42,545 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +853 | ||
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 Georges River Council area in 2021 compared to New South Wales shows that there was a higher proportion holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a lower proportion with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 73.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 24.3% 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 Georges River Council area and New South Wales were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (44.4% compared to 38.4%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (13.0% compared to 18.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (24.3% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (12.6% compared to 11.0%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Georges River Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+3,226 local workers)
- No qualification (-1,986 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (-309 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+214 local workers)