District Council of Mount Barker
Local workers - Qualifications - All industries
In District Council of Mount Barker, the workforce has a lower proportion with University qualifications compared to South Australia.
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 District Council of Mount Barker.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District Council of Mount Barker - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | South Australia | Number | % | South Australia | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 2,138 | 20.4 | 25.9 | 1,679 | 17.7 | 22.1 | +459 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 1,120 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 1,012 | 10.7 | 9.4 | +108 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 222 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 192 | 2.0 | 1.6 | +30 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 2,426 | 23.1 | 21.4 | 1,932 | 20.4 | 20.0 | +494 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 280 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 236 | 2.5 | 1.9 | +44 | ||
| No qualification | 3,984 | 38.0 | 35.8 | 4,097 | 43.2 | 41.0 | -113 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 313 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 333 | 3.5 | 3.9 | -20 | ||
| Total Persons | 10,483 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 9,481 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,002 | ||
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 District Council of Mount Barker in 2016 compared to South Australia 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, 59.0% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 38.0% had no qualifications, compared with 61.5% and 35.8% respectively for South Australia.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of District Council of Mount Barker and South Australia were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (20.4% compared to 25.9%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (38.0% compared to 35.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (23.1% compared to 21.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate I and II Level (2.1% compared to 1.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in District Council of Mount Barker between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Certificate III & IV Level (+494 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+459 local workers)
- No qualification (-113 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+108 local workers)