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 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hume City - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 29,513 | 27.8 | 39.0 | 19,889 | 22.2 | 33.3 | +9,624 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 13,225 | 12.5 | 11.5 | 10,805 | 12.1 | 11.5 | +2,420 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 1,186 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1,042 | 1.2 | 1.0 | +144 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 20,123 | 19.0 | 17.1 | 18,183 | 20.3 | 18.1 | +1,940 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,910 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1,733 | 1.9 | 1.8 | +177 | ||
| No qualification | 37,500 | 35.4 | 27.8 | 35,117 | 39.2 | 31.6 | +2,383 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 2,532 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2,729 | 3.0 | 2.8 | -197 | ||
| Total Persons | 105,989 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 89,498 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +16,491 | ||
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 Hume 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, 62.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 35.4% had no qualifications, compared with 70.1% and 27.8% 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 (27.8% compared to 39.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (35.4% compared to 27.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (19.0% compared to 17.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (12.5% compared to 11.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Hume City between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+9,624 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+2,420 local workers)
- No qualification (+2,383 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+1,940 local workers)