Manningham City Council
Local workers - Qualifications - All industries
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 Manningham City Council.
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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| Manningham City Council - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 13,235 | 41.6 | 39.0 | 9,993 | 34.5 | 33.3 | +3,242 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 3,938 | 12.4 | 11.5 | 3,615 | 12.5 | 11.5 | +323 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 256 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 222 | 0.8 | 1.0 | +34 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 4,027 | 12.7 | 17.1 | 4,252 | 14.7 | 18.1 | -225 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 580 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 573 | 2.0 | 1.8 | +7 | ||
| No qualification | 9,062 | 28.5 | 27.8 | 9,520 | 32.9 | 31.6 | -458 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 715 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 749 | 2.6 | 2.8 | -34 | ||
| Total Persons | 31,813 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 28,924 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +2,889 | ||
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 Manningham City Council in 2021 compared to Victoria shows that there was a similar proportion holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a similar proportion with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 69.3% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 28.5% had no qualifications, compared with 70.1% and 27.8% respectively for Victoria.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Manningham City Council and Victoria were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (12.7% compared to 17.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (41.6% compared to 39.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (12.4% compared to 11.5%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (28.5% compared to 27.8%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Manningham City Council between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+3,242 local workers)
- No qualification (-458 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+323 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (-225 local workers)