North Sydney Council area
Local workers - Qualifications - All industries
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 North Sydney Council area.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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| North Sydney Council area - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 53,304 | 66.0 | 38.4 | 42,132 | 58.3 | 32.6 | +11,172 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 8,263 | 10.2 | 11.0 | 8,395 | 11.6 | 11.1 | -132 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 431 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 406 | 0.6 | 1.2 | +25 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 4,853 | 6.0 | 18.1 | 5,011 | 6.9 | 18.7 | -158 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,123 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1,199 | 1.7 | 2.3 | -76 | ||
| No qualification | 11,090 | 13.7 | 27.0 | 13,363 | 18.5 | 31.1 | -2,273 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,654 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1,733 | 2.4 | 2.9 | -79 | ||
| Total Persons | 80,718 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 72,239 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +8,479 | ||
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 North Sydney Council area in 2021 compared to New South Wales 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, 84.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 13.7% had no qualifications, compared with 70.7% and 27.0% respectively for New South Wales.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of North Sydney Council area and New South Wales were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (66.0% compared to 38.4%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (13.7% compared to 27.0%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (6.0% compared to 18.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (10.2% compared to 11.0%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in North Sydney Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+11,172 local workers)
- No qualification (-2,273 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (-158 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (-132 local workers)