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 Swan Hill.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swan Hill - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Victoria | Number | % | Victoria | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 1,793 | 17.7 | 39.0 | 1,344 | 15.3 | 33.3 | +449 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 1,016 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 863 | 9.8 | 11.5 | +153 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 146 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 131 | 1.5 | 1.0 | +15 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 2,431 | 24.0 | 17.1 | 2,073 | 23.6 | 18.1 | +358 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 196 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 178 | 2.0 | 1.8 | +18 | ||
| No qualification | 4,214 | 41.6 | 27.8 | 3,862 | 43.9 | 31.6 | +352 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 337 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 350 | 4.0 | 2.8 | -13 | ||
| Total Persons | 10,133 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 8,801 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,332 | ||
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 Swan Hill in 2021 compared to Victoria 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, 55.1% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 41.6% had no qualifications, compared with 70.1% and 27.8% respectively for Victoria.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Swan Hill and Victoria were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (17.7% compared to 39.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (41.6% compared to 27.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (24.0% compared to 17.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (10.0% compared to 11.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Swan Hill between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+449 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+358 local workers)
- No qualification (+352 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+153 local workers)