City of Adelaide

Local workers - Qualifications - All industries

In the City of Adelaide, the workforce has a higher proportion with University qualifications compared to South Australia.

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 Adelaide.

Data source

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

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Local workers qualifications
City of Adelaide - All industries 20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%. South AustraliaNumber%. South Australia2016 - 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree69,34153.230.653,56845.625.9+15,773
Advanced Diploma or Diploma14,68711.310.314,28612.110.6+401
Certificate I and II Level1,3571.01.51,3741.21.5-17
Certificate III & IV Level14,74511.321.613,99711.921.4+748
Certificate Level, nfd1,9461.51.72,2311.92.2-285
No qualification26,10220.032.229,66525.235.8-3,563
Inadequately described or not stated2,2311.72.12,4802.12.7-249
Total Persons130,409100.0100.0117,601100.0100.0+12,808

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 the City of Adelaide in 2021 compared to South Australia 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, 78.3% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 20.0% had no qualifications, compared with 65.8% and 32.2% respectively for South Australia.

The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the City of Adelaide and South Australia were:

  • A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (53.2% compared to 30.6%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (20.0% compared to 32.2%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (11.3% compared to 21.6%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (11.3% compared to 10.3%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Bachelor or Higher degree (+15,773 local workers)
  • No qualification (-3,563 local workers)
  • Certificate III & IV Level (+748 local workers)
  • Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+401 local workers)

City of Adelaide

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