In Willoughby City, the 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 Willoughby City.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willoughby City - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 29,527 | 49.7 | 32.6 | 22,676 | 43.2 | 27.9 | +6,851 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 6,840 | 11.5 | 11.1 | 6,445 | 12.3 | 10.5 | +395 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 424 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 531 | 1.0 | 1.4 | -107 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 6,055 | 10.2 | 18.7 | 6,153 | 11.7 | 18.8 | -98 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,106 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 884 | 1.7 | 1.9 | +222 | ||
| No qualification | 13,997 | 23.5 | 31.1 | 13,748 | 26.2 | 34.9 | +249 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,497 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2,012 | 3.8 | 4.5 | -515 | ||
| Total Persons | 59,446 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 52,449 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +6,997 | ||
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 Willoughby City in 2016 compared to New South Wales 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, 73.9% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 23.5% had no qualifications, compared with 65.9% and 31.1% respectively for New South Wales.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Willoughby City and New South Wales were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (49.7% compared to 32.6%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (10.2% compared to 18.7%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (23.5% compared to 31.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate I and II Level (0.7% compared to 1.2%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Willoughby City between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+6,851 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+395 local workers)
- No qualification (+249 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (+222 local workers)