Northern Beaches 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 the Northern Beaches Council area.
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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| Northern Beaches Council area - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 39,203 | 39.9 | 38.4 | 29,723 | 33.7 | 32.6 | +9,480 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 12,751 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 11,829 | 13.4 | 11.1 | +922 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 1,052 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 911 | 1.0 | 1.2 | +141 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 15,115 | 15.4 | 18.1 | 14,747 | 16.7 | 18.7 | +368 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 2,203 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2,351 | 2.7 | 2.3 | -148 | ||
| No qualification | 25,641 | 26.1 | 27.0 | 26,055 | 29.5 | 31.1 | -414 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 2,370 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2,625 | 3.0 | 2.9 | -255 | ||
| Total Persons | 98,335 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 88,241 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +10,094 | ||
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 Northern Beaches Council area in 2021 compared to New South Wales 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, 71.5% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 26.1% 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 the Northern Beaches Council area and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (15.4% compared to 18.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (13.0% compared to 11.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (39.9% compared to 38.4%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (26.1% compared to 27.0%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the Northern Beaches Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+9,480 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+922 local workers)
- No qualification (-414 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+368 local workers)