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 Hornsby Shire.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hornsby Shire - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 18,641 | 42.2 | 38.4 | 14,811 | 35.0 | 32.6 | +3,830 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 5,110 | 11.6 | 11.0 | 4,986 | 11.8 | 11.1 | +124 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 442 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 431 | 1.0 | 1.2 | +11 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 6,713 | 15.2 | 18.1 | 7,065 | 16.7 | 18.7 | -352 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 949 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1,049 | 2.5 | 2.3 | -100 | ||
| No qualification | 11,360 | 25.7 | 27.0 | 12,782 | 30.2 | 31.1 | -1,422 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 911 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1,165 | 2.8 | 2.9 | -254 | ||
| Total Persons | 44,126 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 42,289 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,837 | ||
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 Hornsby Shire in 2021 compared to New South Wales shows that there was a higher proportion holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a lower proportion with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 72.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 25.7% 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 Hornsby Shire and New South Wales were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (42.2% compared to 38.4%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (15.2% compared to 18.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (25.7% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (11.6% compared to 11.0%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Hornsby Shire between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+3,830 local workers)
- No qualification (-1,422 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (-352 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+124 local workers)