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 Nillumbik Shire.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nillumbik Shire - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 5,149 | 34.3 | 39.0 | 3,917 | 29.4 | 33.3 | +1,232 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 1,920 | 12.8 | 11.5 | 1,652 | 12.4 | 11.5 | +268 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 118 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 128 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -10 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 2,833 | 18.9 | 17.1 | 2,589 | 19.4 | 18.1 | +244 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 285 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 247 | 1.9 | 1.8 | +38 | ||
| No qualification | 4,415 | 29.4 | 27.8 | 4,443 | 33.4 | 31.6 | -28 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 283 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 336 | 2.5 | 2.8 | -53 | ||
| Total Persons | 15,003 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 13,312 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,691 | ||
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 Nillumbik Shire in 2021 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, 68.7% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 29.4% had no qualifications, compared with 70.1% and 27.8% respectively for Victoria.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Nillumbik Shire and Victoria were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (34.3% compared to 39.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (18.9% compared to 17.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (29.4% compared to 27.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (12.8% compared to 11.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Nillumbik Shire between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+1,232 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+268 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+244 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (+38 local workers)