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 Glenelg Shire.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Gender:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenelg Shire - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 1,125 | 14.5 | 33.3 | 1,057 | 12.9 | 28.6 | +68 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 717 | 9.2 | 11.5 | 589 | 7.2 | 10.4 | +128 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 142 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 112 | 1.4 | 1.1 | +30 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 2,135 | 27.5 | 18.1 | 2,070 | 25.2 | 17.9 | +65 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 162 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 122 | 1.5 | 1.5 | +40 | ||
| No qualification | 3,199 | 41.2 | 31.6 | 3,852 | 47.0 | 36.4 | -653 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 276 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 399 | 4.9 | 4.0 | -123 | ||
| Total Persons | 7,756 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 8,201 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -445 | ||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2016. 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 Glenelg Shire in 2016 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, 55.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 41.2% had no qualifications, compared with 65.7% and 31.6% respectively for Victoria.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Glenelg Shire and Victoria were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (14.5% compared to 33.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (41.2% compared to 31.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (27.5% compared to 18.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (9.2% compared to 11.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Glenelg Shire between 2011 and 2016 were:
- No qualification (-653 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+128 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+68 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+65 local workers)