Goulburn Mulwaree 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 Goulburn Mulwaree Council area.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Gender:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goulburn Mulwaree Council area - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 2,074 | 17.9 | 32.6 | 1,672 | 15.0 | 27.9 | +402 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 1,301 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 1,012 | 9.1 | 10.5 | +289 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 187 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 212 | 1.9 | 1.4 | -25 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 3,081 | 26.6 | 18.7 | 2,731 | 24.5 | 18.8 | +350 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 303 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 241 | 2.2 | 1.9 | +62 | ||
| No qualification | 4,243 | 36.7 | 31.1 | 4,695 | 42.1 | 34.9 | -452 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 376 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 590 | 5.3 | 4.5 | -214 | ||
| Total Persons | 11,565 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 11,153 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +412 | ||
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 Goulburn Mulwaree Council area in 2016 compared to New South Wales 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, 60.1% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 36.7% had no qualifications, compared with 65.9% and 31.1% respectively for New South Wales.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Goulburn Mulwaree Council area and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (17.9% compared to 32.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (26.6% compared to 18.7%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (36.7% compared to 31.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate I and II Level (1.6% compared to 1.2%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Goulburn Mulwaree Council area between 2011 and 2016 were:
- No qualification (-452 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+402 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+350 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+289 local workers)