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 Playford.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
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Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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City of Playford - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
Qualification level | Number | % | South Australia | Number | % | South Australia | 2016 - 2021 | ||
Bachelor or Higher degree | 7,814 | 27.7 | 30.6 | 5,477 | 22.6 | 25.9 | +2,337 | ||
Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 2,726 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 2,474 | 10.2 | 10.6 | +252 | ||
Certificate I and II Level | 516 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 470 | 1.9 | 1.5 | +46 | ||
Certificate III & IV Level | 5,657 | 20.1 | 21.6 | 4,869 | 20.1 | 21.4 | +788 | ||
Certificate Level, nfd | 474 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 481 | 2.0 | 2.2 | -7 | ||
No qualification | 10,438 | 37.0 | 32.2 | 9,799 | 40.4 | 35.8 | +639 | ||
Inadequately described or not stated | 580 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 684 | 2.8 | 2.7 | -104 | ||
Total Persons | 28,205 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 24,254 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +3,951 | ||
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 Playford 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, 60.9% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 37.0% 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 Playford and South Australia were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (37.0% compared to 32.2%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (27.7% compared to 30.6%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (20.1% compared to 21.6%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (9.7% compared to 10.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Playford between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+2,337 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+788 local workers)
- No qualification (+639 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+252 local workers)