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 Yass Valley.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
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Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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Yass Valley - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
Bachelor or Higher degree | 1,137 | 25.0 | 38.4 | 836 | 22.1 | 32.6 | +301 | ||
Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 471 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 391 | 10.3 | 11.1 | +80 | ||
Certificate I and II Level | 80 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 58 | 1.5 | 1.2 | +22 | ||
Certificate III & IV Level | 1,041 | 22.9 | 18.1 | 852 | 22.5 | 18.7 | +189 | ||
Certificate Level, nfd | 119 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 101 | 2.7 | 2.3 | +18 | ||
No qualification | 1,577 | 34.7 | 27.0 | 1,400 | 37.0 | 31.1 | +177 | ||
Inadequately described or not stated | 115 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 146 | 3.9 | 2.9 | -31 | ||
Total Persons | 4,540 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 3,784 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +756 | ||
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 Yass Valley 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, 62.7% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 34.7% 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 the Yass Valley and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (25.0% compared to 38.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (34.7% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (22.9% compared to 18.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate Level, nfd (2.6% compared to 1.9%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the Yass Valley between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+301 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+189 local workers)
- No qualification (+177 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+80 local workers)