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 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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Current benchmark:
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Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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Hobsons Bay City - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2016 - 2021 | ||
Bachelor or Higher degree | 11,377 | 31.0 | 39.0 | 8,647 | 24.7 | 33.3 | +2,730 | ||
Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 4,434 | 12.1 | 11.5 | 4,065 | 11.6 | 11.5 | +369 | ||
Certificate I and II Level | 382 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 309 | 0.9 | 1.0 | +73 | ||
Certificate III & IV Level | 7,280 | 19.8 | 17.1 | 7,549 | 21.6 | 18.1 | -269 | ||
Certificate Level, nfd | 595 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 682 | 1.9 | 1.8 | -87 | ||
No qualification | 11,854 | 32.3 | 27.8 | 12,773 | 36.5 | 31.6 | -919 | ||
Inadequately described or not stated | 797 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 960 | 2.7 | 2.8 | -163 | ||
Total Persons | 36,719 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 34,985 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,734 | ||
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 Hobsons Bay City 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, 65.5% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 32.3% had no qualifications, compared with 70.1% and 27.8% respectively for Victoria.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Hobsons Bay City and Victoria were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (31.0% compared to 39.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (32.3% compared to 27.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (19.8% compared to 17.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (12.1% compared to 11.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Hobsons Bay City between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+2,730 local workers)
- No qualification (-919 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+369 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (-269 local workers)