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 Hobsons Bay City.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Gender:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobsons Bay City - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 8,647 | 24.7 | 33.3 | 7,165 | 20.1 | 28.6 | +1,482 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 4,065 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 3,450 | 9.7 | 10.4 | +615 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 309 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 369 | 1.0 | 1.1 | -60 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 7,549 | 21.6 | 18.1 | 7,639 | 21.4 | 17.9 | -90 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 682 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 546 | 1.5 | 1.5 | +136 | ||
| No qualification | 12,773 | 36.5 | 31.6 | 14,848 | 41.7 | 36.4 | -2,075 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 960 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 1,621 | 4.5 | 4.0 | -661 | ||
| Total Persons | 34,985 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 35,638 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -653 | ||
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 Hobsons Bay City 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, 60.7% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 36.5% had no qualifications, compared with 65.7% and 31.6% respectively for Victoria.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Hobsons Bay City and Victoria were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (24.7% compared to 33.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (36.5% compared to 31.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (21.6% compared to 18.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate Level, nfd (1.9% compared to 1.8%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Hobsons Bay City between 2011 and 2016 were:
- No qualification (-2,075 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+1,482 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+615 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (+136 local workers)