Strathfield Council area
Local workers - Qualifications - All industries
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 Strathfield Council area.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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| Strathfield Council area - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 8,380 | 38.5 | 38.4 | 6,748 | 31.0 | 32.6 | +1,632 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 2,529 | 11.6 | 11.0 | 2,298 | 10.5 | 11.1 | +231 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 218 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 191 | 0.9 | 1.2 | +27 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 2,867 | 13.2 | 18.1 | 3,131 | 14.4 | 18.7 | -264 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 419 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 478 | 2.2 | 2.3 | -59 | ||
| No qualification | 6,798 | 31.3 | 27.0 | 8,288 | 38.0 | 31.1 | -1,490 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 536 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 666 | 3.1 | 2.9 | -130 | ||
| Total Persons | 21,747 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 21,800 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -53 | ||
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 Strathfield Council area 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, 66.3% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 31.3% 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 Strathfield Council area and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (13.2% compared to 18.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (31.3% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (11.6% compared to 11.0%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate I and II Level (1.0% compared to 1.2%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Strathfield Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+1,632 local workers)
- No qualification (-1,490 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (-264 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+231 local workers)