Yarra Ranges 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 Yarra Ranges 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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| Yarra Ranges Council area - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 11,456 | 25.3 | 39.0 | 8,641 | 21.9 | 33.3 | +2,815 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 5,591 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 4,633 | 11.7 | 11.5 | +958 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 580 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 502 | 1.3 | 1.0 | +78 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 10,445 | 23.0 | 17.1 | 8,955 | 22.6 | 18.1 | +1,490 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 791 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 750 | 1.9 | 1.8 | +41 | ||
| No qualification | 15,458 | 34.1 | 27.8 | 14,944 | 37.8 | 31.6 | +514 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,005 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1,122 | 2.8 | 2.8 | -117 | ||
| Total Persons | 45,326 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 39,547 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +5,779 | ||
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 Yarra Ranges Council area 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, 63.7% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 34.1% had no qualifications, compared with 70.1% and 27.8% respectively for Victoria.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Yarra Ranges Council area and Victoria were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (25.3% compared to 39.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (34.1% compared to 27.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (23.0% compared to 17.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (12.3% compared to 11.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Yarra Ranges Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+2,815 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+1,490 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+958 local workers)
- No qualification (+514 local workers)