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 Randwick City.
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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randwick City - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 27,082 | 53.7 | 38.4 | 21,953 | 47.7 | 32.6 | +5,129 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 5,394 | 10.7 | 11.0 | 4,978 | 10.8 | 11.1 | +416 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 353 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 305 | 0.7 | 1.2 | +48 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 5,696 | 11.3 | 18.1 | 5,573 | 12.1 | 18.7 | +123 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 796 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 867 | 1.9 | 2.3 | -71 | ||
| No qualification | 9,947 | 19.7 | 27.0 | 11,040 | 24.0 | 31.1 | -1,093 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,121 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1,269 | 2.8 | 2.9 | -148 | ||
| Total Persons | 50,389 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 45,985 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +4,404 | ||
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 Randwick City 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, 78.0% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 19.7% 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 Randwick City and New South Wales were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (53.7% compared to 38.4%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (19.7% compared to 27.0%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (11.3% compared to 18.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate I and II Level (0.7% compared to 1.2%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Randwick City between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+5,129 local workers)
- No qualification (-1,093 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+416 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+123 local workers)