Penrith City

Local workers - Qualifications - All industries

In Penrith City, the workforce has a lower proportion with University qualifications compared to New South Wales.

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 Penrith City.

Data source

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work

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Local workers qualifications
Penrith City - All industries 20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%. New South WalesNumber%. New South Wales2016 - 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree21,19827.138.415,76923.032.6+5,429
Advanced Diploma or Diploma8,37810.711.07,01510.211.1+1,363
Certificate I and II Level1,0241.31.29461.41.2+78
Certificate III & IV Level16,98921.718.114,79221.618.7+2,197
Certificate Level, nfd1,5812.01.91,6032.32.3-22
No qualification27,39835.027.026,52138.731.1+877
Inadequately described or not stated1,7782.32.31,9452.82.9-167
Total Persons78,346100.0100.068,591100.0100.0+9,755

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions)

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Dominant groups

Analysis of the qualifications of the in Penrith 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, 62.8% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 35.0% 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 Penrith City and New South Wales were:

  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (27.1% compared to 38.4%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (35.0% compared to 27.0%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (21.7% compared to 18.1%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (10.7% compared to 11.0%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Penrith City between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Bachelor or Higher degree (+5,429 local workers)
  • Certificate III & IV Level (+2,197 local workers)
  • Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+1,363 local workers)
  • No qualification (+877 local workers)

Penrith City Council

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