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 Junee 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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junee Shire - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 359 | 16.6 | 38.4 | 289 | 15.8 | 32.6 | +70 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 197 | 9.1 | 11.0 | 165 | 9.0 | 11.1 | +32 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 31 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 38 | 2.1 | 1.2 | -7 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 611 | 28.2 | 18.1 | 500 | 27.4 | 18.7 | +111 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 50 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 51 | 2.8 | 2.3 | -1 | ||
| No qualification | 857 | 39.6 | 27.0 | 701 | 38.4 | 31.1 | +156 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 58 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 81 | 4.4 | 2.9 | -23 | ||
| Total Persons | 2,163 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1,825 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +338 | ||
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 Junee Shire in 2021 compared to New South Wales 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 39.6% 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 Junee Shire and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (16.6% compared to 38.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (39.6% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (28.2% compared to 18.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (9.1% compared to 11.0%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Junee Shire between 2016 and 2021 were:
- No qualification (+156 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+111 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+70 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+32 local workers)