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 Kiama Municipality.
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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiama Municipality - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 1,785 | 27.9 | 38.4 | 1,197 | 22.3 | 32.6 | +588 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 797 | 12.5 | 11.0 | 634 | 11.8 | 11.1 | +163 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 100 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 90 | 1.7 | 1.2 | +10 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 1,516 | 23.7 | 18.1 | 1,321 | 24.6 | 18.7 | +195 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 156 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 166 | 3.1 | 2.3 | -10 | ||
| No qualification | 1,913 | 29.9 | 27.0 | 1,821 | 33.9 | 31.1 | +92 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 127 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 140 | 2.6 | 2.9 | -13 | ||
| Total Persons | 6,394 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 5,369 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,025 | ||
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 Kiama Municipality 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, 68.1% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 29.9% 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 Kiama Municipality and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (27.9% compared to 38.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (23.7% compared to 18.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (29.9% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (12.5% compared to 11.0%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Kiama Municipality between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+588 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+195 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+163 local workers)
- No qualification (+92 local workers)