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 Whittlesea.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Whittlesea - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 22,317 | 31.9 | 39.0 | 14,283 | 26.9 | 33.3 | +8,034 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 8,358 | 12.0 | 11.5 | 5,817 | 10.9 | 11.5 | +2,541 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 693 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 544 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +149 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 12,400 | 17.7 | 17.1 | 9,927 | 18.7 | 18.1 | +2,473 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,159 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1,029 | 1.9 | 1.8 | +130 | ||
| No qualification | 23,350 | 33.4 | 27.8 | 19,966 | 37.6 | 31.6 | +3,384 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,654 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1,573 | 3.0 | 2.8 | +81 | ||
| Total Persons | 69,931 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 53,139 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +16,792 | ||
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 the City of Whittlesea in 2021 compared to Victoria 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, 64.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 33.4% had no qualifications, compared with 70.1% and 27.8% respectively for Victoria.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the City of Whittlesea and Victoria were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (31.9% compared to 39.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (33.4% compared to 27.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (17.7% compared to 17.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (12.0% compared to 11.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Whittlesea between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+8,034 local workers)
- No qualification (+3,384 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+2,541 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+2,473 local workers)