Woollahra Municipal Council area
Local workers - Qualifications - All industries
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 Woollahra Municipal Council area.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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| Woollahra Municipal Council area - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 10,790 | 51.2 | 38.4 | 8,809 | 44.1 | 32.6 | +1,981 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 2,688 | 12.7 | 11.0 | 2,566 | 12.8 | 11.1 | +122 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 172 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 158 | 0.8 | 1.2 | +14 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 2,130 | 10.1 | 18.1 | 2,338 | 11.7 | 18.7 | -208 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 438 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 482 | 2.4 | 2.3 | -44 | ||
| No qualification | 4,312 | 20.4 | 27.0 | 4,985 | 25.0 | 31.1 | -673 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 560 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 639 | 3.2 | 2.9 | -79 | ||
| Total Persons | 21,090 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 19,977 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,113 | ||
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 Woollahra Municipal Council area in 2021 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, 76.9% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 20.4% 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 Woollahra Municipal Council area and New South Wales were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (51.2% compared to 38.4%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (10.1% compared to 18.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (20.4% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (12.7% compared to 11.0%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Woollahra Municipal Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+1,981 local workers)
- No qualification (-673 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (-208 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+122 local workers)