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 Leeton 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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeton Shire - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 796 | 17.0 | 38.4 | 696 | 15.2 | 32.6 | +100 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 361 | 7.7 | 11.0 | 327 | 7.2 | 11.1 | +34 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 92 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 90 | 2.0 | 1.2 | +2 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 1,299 | 27.7 | 18.1 | 1,192 | 26.1 | 18.7 | +107 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 88 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 108 | 2.4 | 2.3 | -20 | ||
| No qualification | 1,920 | 40.9 | 27.0 | 1,959 | 42.8 | 31.1 | -39 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 135 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 200 | 4.4 | 2.9 | -65 | ||
| Total Persons | 4,691 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 4,572 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +119 | ||
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 Leeton 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, 56.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 40.9% 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 Leeton Shire and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (17.0% compared to 38.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (40.9% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (27.7% compared to 18.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (7.7% compared to 11.0%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Leeton Shire between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Certificate III & IV Level (+107 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+100 local workers)
- No qualification (-39 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+34 local workers)