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 Merri-bek.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Merri-bek - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 18,070 | 40.8 | 39.0 | 13,139 | 33.9 | 33.3 | +4,931 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 5,599 | 12.7 | 11.5 | 4,825 | 12.4 | 11.5 | +774 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 360 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 346 | 0.9 | 1.0 | +14 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 6,386 | 14.4 | 17.1 | 6,363 | 16.4 | 18.1 | +23 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 693 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 686 | 1.8 | 1.8 | +7 | ||
| No qualification | 12,101 | 27.3 | 27.8 | 12,276 | 31.6 | 31.6 | -175 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,048 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1,173 | 3.0 | 2.8 | -125 | ||
| Total Persons | 44,257 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 38,808 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +5,449 | ||
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 City of Merri-bek in 2021 compared to Victoria shows that there was a similar proportion holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a similar proportion with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 70.3% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 27.3% 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 City of Merri-bek and Victoria were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (14.4% compared to 17.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (40.8% compared to 39.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (12.7% compared to 11.5%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (27.3% compared to 27.8%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Merri-bek between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+4,931 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+774 local workers)
- No qualification (-175 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+23 local workers)