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 Sutherland Shire.
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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutherland Shire - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 22,910 | 31.6 | 38.4 | 17,587 | 26.5 | 32.6 | +5,323 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 9,480 | 13.1 | 11.0 | 8,501 | 12.8 | 11.1 | +979 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 844 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 780 | 1.2 | 1.2 | +64 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 14,459 | 19.9 | 18.1 | 13,468 | 20.3 | 18.7 | +991 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,840 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1,814 | 2.7 | 2.3 | +26 | ||
| No qualification | 21,360 | 29.4 | 27.0 | 22,374 | 33.7 | 31.1 | -1,014 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,688 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1,909 | 2.9 | 2.9 | -221 | ||
| Total Persons | 72,581 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 66,433 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +6,148 | ||
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 Sutherland Shire 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, 68.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 29.4% 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 Sutherland Shire and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (31.6% compared to 38.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (29.4% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (13.1% compared to 11.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (19.9% compared to 18.1%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Sutherland Shire between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+5,323 local workers)
- No qualification (-1,014 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+991 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+979 local workers)