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 Knox.
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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Knox - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 22,715 | 31.5 | 39.0 | 16,466 | 25.6 | 33.3 | +6,249 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 9,018 | 12.5 | 11.5 | 7,733 | 12.0 | 11.5 | +1,285 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 768 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 649 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +119 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 14,018 | 19.4 | 17.1 | 13,109 | 20.4 | 18.1 | +909 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,137 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1,236 | 1.9 | 1.8 | -99 | ||
| No qualification | 22,951 | 31.8 | 27.8 | 23,393 | 36.4 | 31.6 | -442 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,475 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1,620 | 2.5 | 2.8 | -145 | ||
| Total Persons | 72,082 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 64,206 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +7,876 | ||
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 Knox 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, 66.1% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 31.8% 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 Knox and Victoria were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (31.5% compared to 39.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (31.8% compared to 27.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (19.4% 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 the City of Knox between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+6,249 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+1,285 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+909 local workers)
- No qualification (-442 local workers)