Inner West Council area
Local workers - Qualifications - All industries
In the Inner West Council area, the workforce has a higher proportion with University qualifications compared to New South Wales.
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 the Inner West Council area.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inner West Council area - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 23,980 | 38.4 | 32.6 | 18,899 | 33.2 | 27.9 | +5,081 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 7,862 | 12.6 | 11.1 | 7,107 | 12.5 | 10.5 | +755 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 538 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 588 | 1.0 | 1.4 | -50 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 8,806 | 14.1 | 18.7 | 8,413 | 14.8 | 18.8 | +393 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,399 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 987 | 1.7 | 1.9 | +412 | ||
| No qualification | 17,975 | 28.8 | 31.1 | 18,271 | 32.1 | 34.9 | -296 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,841 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2,697 | 4.7 | 4.5 | -856 | ||
| Total Persons | 62,401 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 56,962 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +5,439 | ||
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 the Inner West Council area in 2016 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, 68.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 28.8% had no qualifications, compared with 65.9% and 31.1% respectively for New South Wales.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the Inner West Council area and New South Wales were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (38.4% compared to 32.6%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (14.1% compared to 18.7%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (28.8% compared to 31.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (12.6% compared to 11.1%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the Inner West Council area between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+5,081 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+755 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (+412 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+393 local workers)