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 Sydney.
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 Sydney - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 285,604 | 57.3 | 32.6 | 218,344 | 51.2 | 27.9 | +67,260 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 54,027 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 50,098 | 11.7 | 10.5 | +3,929 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 3,255 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 3,916 | 0.9 | 1.4 | -661 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 36,619 | 7.3 | 18.7 | 35,301 | 8.3 | 18.8 | +1,318 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 8,107 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 6,773 | 1.6 | 1.9 | +1,334 | ||
| No qualification | 98,420 | 19.7 | 31.1 | 97,305 | 22.8 | 34.9 | +1,115 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 12,395 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 14,972 | 3.5 | 4.5 | -2,577 | ||
| Total Persons | 498,427 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 426,709 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +71,718 | ||
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 Sydney 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, 77.8% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 19.7% 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 Sydney and New South Wales were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (57.3% compared to 32.6%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (19.7% compared to 31.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (7.3% compared to 18.7%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate Level, nfd (1.6% compared to 2.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Sydney between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+67,260 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+3,929 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (+1,334 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+1,318 local workers)