In The Hills Shire, the workforce has a higher proportion with University qualifications compared to Administrative and Support Services.
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 Hills Shire.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Hills Shire - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Administrative and Support Services | Number | % | Administrative and Support Services | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 21,626 | 33.9 | 20.1 | 15,965 | 28.2 | 18.7 | +5,661 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 8,334 | 13.1 | 15.5 | 6,991 | 12.4 | 13.8 | +1,343 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 730 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 875 | 1.5 | 2.3 | -145 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 10,076 | 15.8 | 17.0 | 8,878 | 15.7 | 15.6 | +1,198 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,592 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 1,251 | 2.2 | 2.0 | +341 | ||
| No qualification | 19,790 | 31.0 | 37.6 | 20,066 | 35.5 | 41.7 | -276 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,713 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 2,513 | 4.4 | 5.9 | -800 | ||
| Total Persons | 63,861 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 56,539 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +7,322 | ||
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 Hills Shire in 2016 compared to Administrative and Support Services 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, 66.3% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 31.0% had no qualifications, compared with 58.9% and 37.6% respectively for Administrative and Support Services.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of The Hills Shire and Administrative and Support Services were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (33.9% compared to 20.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (31.0% compared to 37.6%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (13.1% compared to 15.5%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate Level, nfd (2.5% compared to 4.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in The Hills Shire between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+5,661 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+1,343 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+1,198 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (+341 local workers)