City of Melton

Resident workers - Qualifications

64.8% of the resident workers (All industries) in the City of Melton have qualifications, compared to 70.1% for Victoria.

Education is an essential means of building the knowledge and skill levels of the labour force, which is a key factor in achieving future economic and social development.

The level of educational attainment for the City of Melton's resident workforce relates to a number of factors including:

  • The age structure of the resident workforce;
  • The professional or social ambitions of people to obtain qualifications (that is, to seek education and retraining);
  • The opportunities afforded to people to continue studying beyond compulsory schooling, and;
  • The knowledge and skill requirements of the local industries.

Qualification should be looked at in conjunction with Income , Occupations and Field of qualification for a clearer picture of the knowledge and skill level of the City of Melton's local resident workers.

When comparing the Qualifications of local resident worker with local workers, Qualifications statistics indicates whether an economy draws on the skills offered by its own residents or on a different set of skills imported from elsewhere in the region.

Data source

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 and 2021 – by usual residence

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Resident workers qualifications
City of Melton - Persons20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%. VictoriaNumber%. Victoria2016 - 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree24,10429.639.013,27922.133.3+10,825
Advanced Diploma or Diploma10,27312.611.57,09311.811.5+3,180
Certificate I and II Level8981.11.06901.11.0+208
Certificate III & IV Level16,00619.717.113,12921.918.1+2,877
Certificate Level, nfd1,5211.91.51,3422.21.8+179
No qualification26,75332.827.822,75037.931.5+4,003
Inadequately described or not stated1,8922.32.21,7422.92.8+150
Total Persons81,447100.0100.060,025100.0100.0+21,422

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions)

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Dominant groups

Analysis of the qualifications of the resident workers (All industries) in the City of Melton in 2021 compared to Victoria shows that there was a higher proportion of resident holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a lower proportion of males with no formal qualifications.

Overall, 64.8% of the resident workers (All industries) held educational qualifications, and 32.8% had no qualifications, compared with 70.1% and 27.8% respectively for Victoria.

The major differences between qualifications held by the resident workers (All industries) of the City of Melton and (Victoria) were:

  • A smaller percentage of resident workers (All industries) with Bachelor or Higher degree (29.6% compared to 39.0%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers (All industries) with No qualification (32.8% compared to 27.8%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers (All industries) with Certificate III & IV Level (19.7% compared to 17.1%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the qualifications held by the resident workers (All industries) in the City of Melton between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Bachelor or Higher degree (+10,825 persons)
  • No qualification (+4,003 persons)
  • Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+3,180 persons)
  • Certificate III & IV Level (+2,877 persons)

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