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 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Gender:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randwick City - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 21,953 | 47.7 | 32.6 | 18,043 | 42.9 | 27.9 | +3,910 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 4,978 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 4,471 | 10.6 | 10.5 | +507 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 305 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 347 | 0.8 | 1.4 | -42 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 5,573 | 12.1 | 18.7 | 5,366 | 12.7 | 18.8 | +207 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 867 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 647 | 1.5 | 1.9 | +220 | ||
| No qualification | 11,040 | 24.0 | 31.1 | 11,372 | 27.0 | 34.9 | -332 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,269 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 1,843 | 4.4 | 4.5 | -574 | ||
| Total Persons | 45,985 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 42,089 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +3,896 | ||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2016. 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 2016 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, 73.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 24.0% had no qualifications, compared with 65.9% and 31.1% 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 (47.7% compared to 32.6%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (24.0% compared to 31.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (12.1% compared to 18.7%)
- 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 2011 and 2016 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+3,910 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+507 local workers)
- No qualification (-332 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (+220 local workers)