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 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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Glenelg Shire - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2016 - 2021 | ||
Bachelor or Higher degree | 1,384 | 16.9 | 39.0 | 1,125 | 14.5 | 33.3 | +259 | ||
Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 786 | 9.6 | 11.5 | 717 | 9.2 | 11.5 | +69 | ||
Certificate I and II Level | 139 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 142 | 1.8 | 1.0 | -3 | ||
Certificate III & IV Level | 2,317 | 28.3 | 17.1 | 2,135 | 27.5 | 18.1 | +182 | ||
Certificate Level, nfd | 138 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 162 | 2.1 | 1.8 | -24 | ||
No qualification | 3,216 | 39.3 | 27.8 | 3,199 | 41.2 | 31.6 | +17 | ||
Inadequately described or not stated | 211 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 276 | 3.6 | 2.8 | -65 | ||
Total Persons | 8,191 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 7,756 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +435 | ||
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 Glenelg Shire 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, 58.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 39.3% had no qualifications, compared with 70.1% and 27.8% 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 (16.9% compared to 39.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (39.3% compared to 27.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (28.3% compared to 17.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (9.6% compared to 11.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Glenelg Shire between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+259 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+182 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+69 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (-24 local workers)