Northern Beaches Council area

Local workers - Qualifications - All industries

In the Northern Beaches Council area, the workforce has a higher proportion with University qualifications compared to New South Wales.

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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Local workers qualifications
Northern Beaches Council area - All industries 20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%. New South WalesNumber%. New South Wales2016 - 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree39,20339.938.429,72333.732.6+9,480
Advanced Diploma or Diploma12,75113.011.011,82913.411.1+922
Certificate I and II Level1,0521.11.29111.01.2+141
Certificate III & IV Level15,11515.418.114,74716.718.7+368
Certificate Level, nfd2,2032.21.92,3512.72.3-148
No qualification25,64126.127.026,05529.531.1-414
Inadequately described or not stated2,3702.42.32,6253.02.9-255
Total Persons98,335100.0100.088,241100.0100.0+10,094

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions)

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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)

Northern Beaches Council

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