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 Maribyrnong City.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Gender:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maribyrnong City - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 12,875 | 34.5 | 33.3 | 10,097 | 30.3 | 28.6 | +2,778 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 4,289 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3,497 | 10.5 | 10.4 | +792 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 366 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 379 | 1.1 | 1.1 | -13 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 5,273 | 14.1 | 18.1 | 4,697 | 14.1 | 17.9 | +576 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 660 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 461 | 1.4 | 1.5 | +199 | ||
| No qualification | 12,734 | 34.2 | 31.6 | 12,800 | 38.4 | 36.4 | -66 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,072 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 1,428 | 4.3 | 4.0 | -356 | ||
| Total Persons | 37,269 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 33,359 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +3,910 | ||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2016. 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 Maribyrnong City in 2016 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, 63.0% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 34.2% had no qualifications, compared with 65.7% and 31.6% respectively for Victoria.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Maribyrnong City and Victoria were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (14.1% compared to 18.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (34.2% compared to 31.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (34.5% compared to 33.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Inadequately described or not stated (2.9% compared to 2.8%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Maribyrnong City between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+2,778 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+792 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+576 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (+199 local workers)