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 Wagga Wagga City.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wagga Wagga City - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 8,758 | 25.7 | 38.4 | 6,948 | 22.7 | 32.6 | +1,810 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 3,353 | 9.9 | 11.0 | 2,943 | 9.6 | 11.1 | +410 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 579 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 555 | 1.8 | 1.2 | +24 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 8,664 | 25.5 | 18.1 | 7,895 | 25.8 | 18.7 | +769 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 646 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 753 | 2.5 | 2.3 | -107 | ||
| No qualification | 11,272 | 33.1 | 27.0 | 10,715 | 35.0 | 31.1 | +557 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 768 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 791 | 2.6 | 2.9 | -23 | ||
| Total Persons | 34,040 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 30,600 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +3,440 | ||
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 Wagga Wagga City 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, 64.6% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 33.1% 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 Wagga Wagga City and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (25.7% compared to 38.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (25.5% compared to 18.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (33.1% compared to 27.0%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (9.9% compared to 11.0%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Wagga Wagga City between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+1,810 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+769 local workers)
- No qualification (+557 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+410 local workers)