In Wagga Wagga City, the Retail Trade workforce has a higher proportion with University qualifications compared to New South Wales.
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 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wagga Wagga City - Retail Trade | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 257 | 7.6 | 17.8 | 195 | 5.6 | 13.3 | +62 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 168 | 5.0 | 8.7 | 143 | 4.1 | 7.6 | +25 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 91 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 110 | 3.1 | 2.1 | -19 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 703 | 20.9 | 14.8 | 645 | 18.4 | 14.3 | +58 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 78 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 59 | 1.7 | 1.9 | +19 | ||
| No qualification | 1,980 | 58.8 | 52.0 | 2,208 | 62.9 | 56.3 | -228 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 89 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 149 | 4.2 | 4.5 | -60 | ||
| Total Persons | 3,366 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 3,509 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -143 | ||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id the population experts Please refer to specific data notes for more information | |||||||||
Dominant groups
Analysis of the qualifications of the in Wagga Wagga City in 2016 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, 38.5% of the workers (Retail Trade) who held educational qualifications, and 58.8% had no qualifications, compared with 45.4% and 52.0% respectively for New South Wales.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce (Retail Trade) of Wagga Wagga City and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers (Retail Trade) with Bachelor or Higher degree (7.6% compared to 17.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers (Retail Trade) with No qualification (58.8% compared to 52.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers (Retail Trade) with Certificate III & IV Level (20.9% compared to 14.8%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers (Retail Trade) with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (5.0% compared to 8.7%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the Retail Trade workforce in Wagga Wagga City between 2011 and 2016 were:
- No qualification (-228 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+62 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+58 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+25 local workers)