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 Mansfield Shire.
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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mansfield Shire - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 945 | 24.1 | 39.0 | 665 | 20.5 | 33.3 | +280 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 507 | 12.9 | 11.5 | 382 | 11.8 | 11.5 | +125 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 57 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 56 | 1.7 | 1.0 | +1 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 993 | 25.3 | 17.1 | 815 | 25.2 | 18.1 | +178 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 60 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 89 | 2.7 | 1.8 | -29 | ||
| No qualification | 1,264 | 32.2 | 27.8 | 1,110 | 34.3 | 31.6 | +154 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 102 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 121 | 3.7 | 2.8 | -19 | ||
| Total Persons | 3,928 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 3,238 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +690 | ||
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 Mansfield Shire 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, 65.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 32.2% had no qualifications, compared with 70.1% and 27.8% respectively for Victoria.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Mansfield Shire and Victoria were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (24.1% compared to 39.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (25.3% compared to 17.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (32.2% compared to 27.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (12.9% compared to 11.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Mansfield Shire between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+280 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+178 local workers)
- No qualification (+154 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+125 local workers)