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 Glen Eira.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Glen Eira - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 19,779 | 48.2 | 39.0 | 15,826 | 42.6 | 33.3 | +3,953 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 5,048 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 4,803 | 12.9 | 11.5 | +245 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 273 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 275 | 0.7 | 1.0 | -2 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 4,952 | 12.1 | 17.1 | 5,031 | 13.5 | 18.1 | -79 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 650 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 657 | 1.8 | 1.8 | -7 | ||
| No qualification | 9,400 | 22.9 | 27.8 | 9,546 | 25.7 | 31.6 | -146 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 960 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1,034 | 2.8 | 2.8 | -74 | ||
| Total Persons | 41,062 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 37,172 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +3,890 | ||
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 Glen Eira in 2021 compared to Victoria 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, 74.8% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 22.9% 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 Glen Eira and Victoria were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (48.2% compared to 39.0%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (12.1% compared to 17.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (22.9% compared to 27.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (12.3% compared to 11.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Glen Eira between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+3,953 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+245 local workers)
- No qualification (-146 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (-79 local workers)