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 Wollondilly Shire.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wollondilly Shire - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 2,397 | 17.9 | 38.4 | 1,641 | 14.7 | 32.6 | +756 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 1,371 | 10.2 | 11.0 | 1,121 | 10.1 | 11.1 | +250 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 196 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 171 | 1.5 | 1.2 | +25 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 4,285 | 32.0 | 18.1 | 3,506 | 31.5 | 18.7 | +779 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 302 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 255 | 2.3 | 2.3 | +47 | ||
| No qualification | 4,535 | 33.9 | 27.0 | 4,121 | 37.0 | 31.1 | +414 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 309 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 322 | 2.9 | 2.9 | -13 | ||
| Total Persons | 13,395 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 11,137 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +2,258 | ||
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 Wollondilly Shire 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, 63.8% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 33.9% 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 Wollondilly Shire and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (17.9% compared to 38.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (32.0% compared to 18.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (33.9% compared to 27.0%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (10.2% compared to 11.0%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Wollondilly Shire between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Certificate III & IV Level (+779 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+756 local workers)
- No qualification (+414 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+250 local workers)