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 Shoalhaven City.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoalhaven City - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 9,126 | 23.4 | 38.4 | 6,550 | 19.5 | 32.6 | +2,576 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 4,396 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 3,898 | 11.6 | 11.1 | +498 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 678 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 631 | 1.9 | 1.2 | +47 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 11,227 | 28.7 | 18.1 | 9,429 | 28.0 | 18.7 | +1,798 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 867 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 919 | 2.7 | 2.3 | -52 | ||
| No qualification | 11,807 | 30.2 | 27.0 | 11,093 | 33.0 | 31.1 | +714 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 976 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1,135 | 3.4 | 2.9 | -159 | ||
| Total Persons | 39,077 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 33,655 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +5,422 | ||
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 Shoalhaven City in 2021 compared to New South Wales 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, 67.3% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 30.2% 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 Shoalhaven City and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (23.4% compared to 38.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (28.7% compared to 18.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (30.2% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate I and II Level (1.7% compared to 1.2%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Shoalhaven City between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+2,576 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+1,798 local workers)
- No qualification (+714 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+498 local workers)