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 Maribyrnong City.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maribyrnong City - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 17,348 | 40.7 | 39.0 | 12,875 | 34.5 | 33.3 | +4,473 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 5,025 | 11.8 | 11.5 | 4,289 | 11.5 | 11.5 | +736 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 342 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 366 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -24 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 5,600 | 13.1 | 17.1 | 5,273 | 14.1 | 18.1 | +327 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 683 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 660 | 1.8 | 1.8 | +23 | ||
| No qualification | 12,750 | 29.9 | 27.8 | 12,734 | 34.2 | 31.6 | +16 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 919 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1,072 | 2.9 | 2.8 | -153 | ||
| Total Persons | 42,667 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 37,269 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +5,398 | ||
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 Maribyrnong City 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, 68.0% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 29.9% 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 Maribyrnong City and Victoria were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (13.1% compared to 17.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (29.9% compared to 27.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (40.7% compared to 39.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (11.8% compared to 11.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the Maribyrnong City between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+4,473 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+736 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+327 local workers)
- Certificate I and II Level (-24 local workers)