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 Prospect.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Prospect - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | South Australia | Number | % | South Australia | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 2,163 | 33.8 | 30.6 | 1,569 | 27.3 | 25.9 | +594 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 705 | 11.0 | 10.3 | 617 | 10.8 | 10.6 | +88 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 78 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 103 | 1.8 | 1.5 | -25 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 1,157 | 18.1 | 21.6 | 1,123 | 19.6 | 21.4 | +34 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 135 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 124 | 2.2 | 2.2 | +11 | ||
| No qualification | 2,034 | 31.8 | 32.2 | 2,053 | 35.8 | 35.8 | -19 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 121 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 150 | 2.6 | 2.7 | -29 | ||
| Total Persons | 6,393 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 5,739 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +654 | ||
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 Prospect in 2021 compared to South Australia shows that there was a similar proportion holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a similar proportion with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 66.3% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 31.8% 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 Prospect and South Australia were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (18.1% compared to 21.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (33.8% compared to 30.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (11.0% compared to 10.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate Level, nfd (2.1% compared to 1.7%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Prospect between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+594 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+88 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+34 local workers)
- Certificate I and II Level (-25 local workers)