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 Orange City.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange City - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 6,526 | 29.1 | 38.4 | 4,971 | 26.2 | 32.6 | +1,555 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 2,448 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 2,102 | 11.1 | 11.1 | +346 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 354 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 312 | 1.6 | 1.2 | +42 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 5,595 | 24.9 | 18.1 | 4,598 | 24.2 | 18.7 | +997 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 426 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 486 | 2.6 | 2.3 | -60 | ||
| No qualification | 6,637 | 29.6 | 27.0 | 5,949 | 31.4 | 31.1 | +688 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 451 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 546 | 2.9 | 2.9 | -95 | ||
| Total Persons | 22,437 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 18,964 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +3,473 | ||
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 Orange 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, 68.4% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 29.6% 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 Orange City and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (29.1% compared to 38.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (24.9% compared to 18.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (29.6% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate I and II Level (1.6% compared to 1.2%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Orange City between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+1,555 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+997 local workers)
- No qualification (+688 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+346 local workers)