City of Onkaparinga
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 City of Onkaparinga.
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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| City of Onkaparinga - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | South Australia | Number | % | South Australia | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 10,373 | 23.3 | 30.6 | 7,603 | 20.2 | 25.9 | +2,770 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 4,435 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 3,972 | 10.5 | 10.6 | +463 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 874 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 701 | 1.9 | 1.5 | +173 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 11,507 | 25.9 | 21.6 | 9,190 | 24.4 | 21.4 | +2,317 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 787 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 917 | 2.4 | 2.2 | -130 | ||
| No qualification | 15,588 | 35.1 | 32.2 | 14,344 | 38.0 | 35.8 | +1,244 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 872 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 996 | 2.6 | 2.7 | -124 | ||
| Total Persons | 44,436 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 37,723 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +6,713 | ||
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 City of Onkaparinga in 2021 compared to South Australia 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, 63.0% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 35.1% had no qualifications, compared with 65.8% and 32.2% respectively for South Australia.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the City of Onkaparinga and South Australia were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (23.3% compared to 30.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (25.9% compared to 21.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (35.1% compared to 32.2%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate I and II Level (2.0% compared to 1.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Onkaparinga between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+2,770 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+2,317 local workers)
- No qualification (+1,244 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+463 local workers)