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Swan Street Structure Plan

Qualifications

57.9% of people in Swan Street Structure Plan had a Bachelor or Higher degree qualification in 2021, higher than the City of Yarra. This represents an increase of 879 people 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, Swan Street Structure Plan's Educational Qualifications help to evaluate the economic opportunities and socio-economic status of the area and identify skill gaps in the labour market.

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Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the level of the highest qualification the person has completed?'

Highest qualification achieved
Swan Street Structure Plan - Persons aged 15+ (Usual residence)20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%City of Yarra %Number%City of Yarra %2016 to 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree5,88257.956.15,00250.448.2+879
Advanced Diploma or Diploma8037.97.77827.97.7+21
Vocational8588.47.88808.98.1-23
No qualification1,98019.521.52,19822.124.9-219
Not stated6436.36.91,06810.811.2-425
Total persons aged 15+10,166100.0100.09,932100.0100.0+234
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the qualifications of the population in Swan Street Structure Plan in 2021 compared to the City of Yarra shows that there was a higher proportion of people holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a lower proportion of people with no formal qualifications.

Overall, 74.2% of the population aged 15 and over held educational qualifications, and 19.5% had no qualifications, compared with 71.6% and 21.5% respectively for the City of Yarra.

The major differences between qualifications held by the population of Swan Street Structure Plan and the City of Yarra were:

  • A larger percentage of persons with Bachelor or Higher degrees (57.9% compared to 56.1%)
  • A smaller percentage of persons with No qualifications (19.5% compared to 21.5%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the qualifications of the population in Swan Street Structure Plan between 2016 and 2021 were in those with:

  • Bachelor or Higher degrees (+879 persons)
  • No qualifications (-219 persons)

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