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 Hume 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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hume City - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 19,889 | 22.2 | 33.3 | 14,422 | 17.9 | 28.6 | +5,467 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 10,805 | 12.1 | 11.5 | 8,109 | 10.0 | 10.4 | +2,696 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 1,042 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 988 | 1.2 | 1.1 | +54 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 18,183 | 20.3 | 18.1 | 16,443 | 20.4 | 17.9 | +1,740 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,733 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1,308 | 1.6 | 1.5 | +425 | ||
| No qualification | 35,117 | 39.2 | 31.6 | 35,649 | 44.2 | 36.4 | -532 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 2,729 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3,788 | 4.7 | 4.0 | -1,059 | ||
| Total Persons | 89,498 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 80,707 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +8,791 | ||
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 Hume 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, 57.7% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 39.2% had no qualifications, compared with 65.7% and 31.6% respectively for Victoria.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Hume City and Victoria were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (22.2% compared to 33.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (39.2% compared to 31.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (20.3% compared to 18.1%)
- 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 Hume City between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+5,467 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+2,696 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+1,740 local workers)
- No qualification (-532 local workers)