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 City of Kingston.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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Current benchmark:
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Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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City of Kingston - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2016 - 2021 | ||
Bachelor or Higher degree | 26,632 | 31.8 | 39.0 | 19,110 | 25.9 | 33.3 | +7,522 | ||
Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 10,581 | 12.6 | 11.5 | 9,006 | 12.2 | 11.5 | +1,575 | ||
Certificate I and II Level | 859 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 709 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +150 | ||
Certificate III & IV Level | 15,160 | 18.1 | 17.1 | 14,675 | 19.9 | 18.1 | +485 | ||
Certificate Level, nfd | 1,444 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1,414 | 1.9 | 1.8 | +30 | ||
No qualification | 27,166 | 32.4 | 27.8 | 26,927 | 36.5 | 31.6 | +239 | ||
Inadequately described or not stated | 1,914 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1,988 | 2.7 | 2.8 | -74 | ||
Total Persons | 83,756 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 73,829 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +9,927 | ||
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 the City of Kingston 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, 65.3% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 32.4% had no qualifications, compared with 70.1% and 27.8% respectively for Victoria.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the City of Kingston and Victoria were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (31.8% compared to 39.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (32.4% compared to 27.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (12.6% compared to 11.5%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (18.1% compared to 17.1%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Kingston between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+7,522 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+1,575 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+485 local workers)
- No qualification (+239 local workers)