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 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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| Goulburn Mulwaree Council area - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 2,644 | 20.4 | 38.4 | 2,074 | 17.9 | 32.6 | +570 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 1,476 | 11.4 | 11.0 | 1,301 | 11.2 | 11.1 | +175 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 174 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 187 | 1.6 | 1.2 | -13 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 3,588 | 27.6 | 18.1 | 3,081 | 26.6 | 18.7 | +507 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 308 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 303 | 2.6 | 2.3 | +5 | ||
| No qualification | 4,518 | 34.8 | 27.0 | 4,243 | 36.7 | 31.1 | +275 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 276 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 376 | 3.3 | 2.9 | -100 | ||
| Total Persons | 12,984 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 11,565 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,419 | ||
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 Goulburn Mulwaree Council area in 2021 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, 63.1% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 34.8% 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 Goulburn Mulwaree Council area and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (20.4% compared to 38.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (27.6% compared to 18.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (34.8% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate Level, nfd (2.4% compared to 1.9%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Goulburn Mulwaree Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+570 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+507 local workers)
- No qualification (+275 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+175 local workers)