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 Blacktown City.
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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blacktown City - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 37,967 | 31.5 | 38.4 | 25,675 | 24.4 | 32.6 | +12,292 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 13,294 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 10,953 | 10.4 | 11.1 | +2,341 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 1,396 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1,278 | 1.2 | 1.2 | +118 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 22,249 | 18.5 | 18.1 | 20,900 | 19.8 | 18.7 | +1,349 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 2,372 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2,455 | 2.3 | 2.3 | -83 | ||
| No qualification | 40,298 | 33.4 | 27.0 | 40,905 | 38.8 | 31.1 | -607 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 2,955 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 3,179 | 3.0 | 2.9 | -224 | ||
| Total Persons | 120,531 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 105,345 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +15,186 | ||
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 Blacktown City 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, 64.1% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 33.4% 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 Blacktown City and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (31.5% compared to 38.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (33.4% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (18.5% compared to 18.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Inadequately described or not stated (2.5% compared to 2.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Blacktown City between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+12,292 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+2,341 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+1,349 local workers)
- No qualification (-607 local workers)