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 Hay Shire Council.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hay Shire Council - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 180 | 14.6 | 38.4 | 159 | 12.4 | 32.6 | +21 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 114 | 9.3 | 11.0 | 110 | 8.5 | 11.1 | +4 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 26 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 19 | 1.5 | 1.2 | +7 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 324 | 26.3 | 18.1 | 318 | 24.7 | 18.7 | +6 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 16 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 31 | 2.4 | 2.3 | -15 | ||
| No qualification | 524 | 42.6 | 27.0 | 606 | 47.1 | 31.1 | -82 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 47 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 44 | 3.4 | 2.9 | +3 | ||
| Total Persons | 1,231 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1,287 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -56 | ||
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 Hay Shire Council 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, 53.6% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 42.6% 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 Hay Shire Council and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (14.6% compared to 38.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (42.6% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (26.3% compared to 18.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (9.3% compared to 11.0%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Hay Shire Council between 2016 and 2021 were:
- No qualification (-82 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+21 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (-15 local workers)
- Certificate I and II Level (+7 local workers)