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 Ryde.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Gender:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Ryde - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 43,305 | 51.3 | 32.6 | 34,147 | 45.7 | 27.9 | +9,158 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 9,506 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 9,061 | 12.1 | 10.5 | +445 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 628 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 781 | 1.0 | 1.4 | -153 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 8,190 | 9.7 | 18.7 | 8,295 | 11.1 | 18.8 | -105 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,623 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1,340 | 1.8 | 1.9 | +283 | ||
| No qualification | 18,997 | 22.5 | 31.1 | 18,327 | 24.5 | 34.9 | +670 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 2,164 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2,729 | 3.7 | 4.5 | -565 | ||
| Total Persons | 84,413 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 74,680 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +9,733 | ||
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 the City of Ryde 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, 74.9% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 22.5% 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 the City of Ryde and New South Wales were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (51.3% compared to 32.6%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (9.7% compared to 18.7%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (22.5% compared to 31.1%)
- 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 the City of Ryde between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+9,158 local workers)
- No qualification (+670 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+445 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (+283 local workers)