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 Parramatta.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Parramatta - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 73,532 | 50.5 | 38.4 | 55,517 | 40.2 | 32.6 | +18,015 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 17,316 | 11.9 | 11.0 | 16,936 | 12.3 | 11.1 | +380 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 1,315 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1,342 | 1.0 | 1.2 | -27 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 17,096 | 11.7 | 18.1 | 18,508 | 13.4 | 18.7 | -1,412 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 2,516 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2,945 | 2.1 | 2.3 | -429 | ||
| No qualification | 30,426 | 20.9 | 27.0 | 38,785 | 28.1 | 31.1 | -8,359 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 3,310 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3,917 | 2.8 | 2.9 | -607 | ||
| Total Persons | 145,511 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 137,950 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +7,561 | ||
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 Parramatta 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, 76.8% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 20.9% 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 City of Parramatta and New South Wales were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (50.5% compared to 38.4%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (11.7% compared to 18.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (20.9% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (11.9% compared to 11.0%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Parramatta between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+18,015 local workers)
- No qualification (-8,359 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (-1,412 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (-429 local workers)