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LEARN MORE ABOUT .id42.1% of males in the Rest of Sydney had a Bachelor or Higher degree qualification in 2021, lower than the City of Parramatta. This represents an increase of 65,419 males since 2016.
Educational Qualifications relate to education outside of primary and secondary school and are one of the most important indicators of socio-economic status. With other data sources, such as Employment Status, Income and Occupation, the Rest of Sydney's Educational Qualifications help to evaluate the economic opportunities and socio-economic status of the area and identify skill gaps in the labour market.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the level of the highest qualification the person has completed?'
| Highest qualification achieved | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rest of Sydney - Males aged 15+ (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | City of Parramatta % | Number | % | City of Parramatta % | 2016 to 2021 |
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 392,545 | 42.1 | 43.3 | 327,126 | 36.8 | 36.7 | +65,419 |
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 84,054 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 76,296 | 8.6 | 8.5 | +7,758 |
| Vocational | 139,450 | 14.9 | 12.8 | 136,297 | 15.3 | 14.2 | +3,153 |
| No qualification | 249,913 | 26.8 | 26.5 | 262,698 | 29.6 | 30.4 | -12,785 |
| Not stated | 66,850 | 7.2 | 8.5 | 85,990 | 9.7 | 10.2 | -19,140 |
| Total persons aged 15+ | 932,812 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 888,407 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +44,405 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the qualifications of the male population in the Rest of Sydney in 2021 compared to the City of Parramatta shows that there was a higher proportion of males holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a similar proportion of males with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 66.0% of the male population aged 15 and over held educational qualifications, and 26.8% had no qualifications, compared with 65.0% and 26.5% respectively for the City of Parramatta.
The major differences between qualifications held by the male population of the Rest of Sydney and the City of Parramatta were:
- A larger percentage of males with Vocational qualifications (14.9% compared to 12.8%)
- A smaller percentage of males with Bachelor or Higher degrees (42.1% compared to 43.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications of the male population in the Rest of Sydney between 2016 and 2021 were in those with:
- Bachelor or Higher degrees (+65,419 males)
- No qualifications (-12,785 males)
- Advanced Diploma or Diplomas (+7,758 males)
- Vocational qualifications (+3,153 males)
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