City of Port Adelaide Enfield

Local workers - Qualifications - All industries

In City of Port Adelaide Enfield, the workforce has a lower proportion with University qualifications compared to South Australia.

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 City of Port Adelaide Enfield.

Data source

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work

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Local workers qualifications
City of Port Adelaide Enfield - All industries 20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%. South AustraliaNumber%. South Australia2016 - 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree15,87122.830.611,62318.425.9+4,248
Advanced Diploma or Diploma7,10610.210.36,47310.210.6+633
Certificate I and II Level1,0811.61.59721.51.5+109
Certificate III & IV Level17,49825.221.616,29325.821.4+1,205
Certificate Level, nfd1,2071.71.71,3042.12.2-97
No qualification25,29636.432.224,80339.335.8+493
Inadequately described or not stated1,4522.12.11,6962.72.7-244
Total Persons69,511100.0100.063,164100.0100.0+6,347

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 City of Port Adelaide Enfield 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, 61.5% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 36.4% 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 City of Port Adelaide Enfield and South Australia were:

  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (22.8% compared to 30.6%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (36.4% compared to 32.2%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (25.2% compared to 21.6%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (10.2% compared to 10.3%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in City of Port Adelaide Enfield between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Bachelor or Higher degree (+4,248 local workers)
  • Certificate III & IV Level (+1,205 local workers)
  • Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+633 local workers)
  • No qualification (+493 local workers)

City of Port Adelaide Enfield

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