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 City of Melton.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Gender:
Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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City of Melton - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2011 - 2016 | ||
Bachelor or Higher degree | 5,896 | 23.9 | 33.3 | 3,543 | 20.2 | 28.6 | +2,353 | ||
Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 2,823 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 1,558 | 8.9 | 10.4 | +1,265 | ||
Certificate I and II Level | 319 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 268 | 1.5 | 1.1 | +51 | ||
Certificate III & IV Level | 5,194 | 21.0 | 18.1 | 3,421 | 19.5 | 17.9 | +1,773 | ||
Certificate Level, nfd | 509 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 301 | 1.7 | 1.5 | +208 | ||
No qualification | 9,275 | 37.6 | 31.6 | 7,686 | 43.8 | 36.4 | +1,589 | ||
Inadequately described or not stated | 666 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 790 | 4.5 | 4.0 | -124 | ||
Total Persons | 24,682 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 17,567 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +7,115 | ||
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 the City of Melton 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, 59.7% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 37.6% had no qualifications, compared with 65.7% and 31.6% respectively for Victoria.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the City of Melton and Victoria were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (23.9% compared to 33.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (37.6% compared to 31.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (21.0% compared to 18.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate I and II Level (1.3% compared to 1.0%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Melton between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+2,353 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+1,773 local workers)
- No qualification (+1,589 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+1,265 local workers)