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 Unley.
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 Unley - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | South Australia | Number | % | South Australia | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 7,196 | 37.1 | 25.9 | 6,194 | 32.3 | 22.1 | +1,002 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 2,684 | 13.9 | 10.6 | 2,517 | 13.1 | 9.4 | +167 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 195 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 238 | 1.2 | 1.6 | -43 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 3,109 | 16.0 | 21.4 | 2,890 | 15.1 | 20.0 | +219 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 384 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 394 | 2.1 | 1.9 | -10 | ||
| No qualification | 5,330 | 27.5 | 35.8 | 6,262 | 32.6 | 41.0 | -932 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 478 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 696 | 3.6 | 3.9 | -218 | ||
| Total Persons | 19,376 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 19,191 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +185 | ||
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 Unley in 2016 compared to South Australia 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, 70.0% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 27.5% had no qualifications, compared with 61.5% and 35.8% respectively for South Australia.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the City of Unley and South Australia were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (37.1% compared to 25.9%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (27.5% compared to 35.8%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (16.0% compared to 21.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (13.9% compared to 10.6%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Unley between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+1,002 local workers)
- No qualification (-932 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+219 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+167 local workers)