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 Salisbury.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Salisbury - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | South Australia | Number | % | South Australia | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 14,496 | 26.8 | 30.6 | 9,968 | 22.0 | 25.9 | +4,528 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 5,332 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 4,543 | 10.0 | 10.6 | +789 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 847 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 713 | 1.6 | 1.5 | +134 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 12,375 | 22.9 | 21.6 | 10,462 | 23.1 | 21.4 | +1,913 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 800 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 836 | 1.8 | 2.2 | -36 | ||
| No qualification | 19,098 | 35.3 | 32.2 | 17,659 | 39.0 | 35.8 | +1,439 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,126 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1,130 | 2.5 | 2.7 | -4 | ||
| Total Persons | 54,074 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 45,311 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +8,763 | ||
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 Salisbury 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, 62.6% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 35.3% 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 Salisbury and South Australia were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (26.8% compared to 30.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (35.3% compared to 32.2%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (22.9% compared to 21.6%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (9.9% compared to 10.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Salisbury between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+4,528 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+1,913 local workers)
- No qualification (+1,439 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+789 local workers)