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 Monash.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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Current benchmark:
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Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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City of Monash - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2016 - 2021 | ||
Bachelor or Higher degree | 55,644 | 47.7 | 39.0 | 43,210 | 40.8 | 33.3 | +12,434 | ||
Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 14,208 | 12.2 | 11.5 | 13,015 | 12.3 | 11.5 | +1,193 | ||
Certificate I and II Level | 886 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 834 | 0.8 | 1.0 | +52 | ||
Certificate III & IV Level | 14,955 | 12.8 | 17.1 | 15,622 | 14.8 | 18.1 | -667 | ||
Certificate Level, nfd | 1,714 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1,699 | 1.6 | 1.8 | +15 | ||
No qualification | 26,865 | 23.0 | 27.8 | 28,752 | 27.2 | 31.6 | -1,887 | ||
Inadequately described or not stated | 2,421 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2,659 | 2.5 | 2.8 | -238 | ||
Total Persons | 116,693 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 105,791 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +10,902 | ||
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 Monash in 2021 compared to Victoria shows that there was a higher proportion holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a lower proportion with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 74.9% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 23.0% 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 Monash and Victoria were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (47.7% compared to 39.0%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (23.0% compared to 27.8%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (12.8% compared to 17.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (12.2% compared to 11.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Monash between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+12,434 local workers)
- No qualification (-1,887 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+1,193 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (-667 local workers)