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 City of Boroondara.
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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Boroondara - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 43,603 | 55.8 | 39.0 | 35,158 | 49.3 | 33.3 | +8,445 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 8,806 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 8,505 | 11.9 | 11.5 | +301 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 508 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 490 | 0.7 | 1.0 | +18 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 6,950 | 8.9 | 17.1 | 7,353 | 10.3 | 18.1 | -403 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,051 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1,164 | 1.6 | 1.8 | -113 | ||
| No qualification | 15,881 | 20.3 | 27.8 | 17,141 | 24.0 | 31.6 | -1,260 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,409 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1,574 | 2.2 | 2.8 | -165 | ||
| Total Persons | 78,208 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 71,385 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +6,823 | ||
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 City of Boroondara in 2021 compared to Victoria 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, 77.9% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 20.3% had no qualifications, compared with 70.1% and 27.8% respectively for Victoria.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the City of Boroondara and Victoria were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (55.8% compared to 39.0%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (8.9% compared to 17.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (20.3% compared to 27.8%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Inadequately described or not stated (1.8% compared to 2.2%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Boroondara between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+8,445 local workers)
- No qualification (-1,260 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (-403 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+301 local workers)