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City of Canterbury BankstownCommunity profile

City of Canterbury Bankstown

Qualifications

In 2021, 7,487 people aged 15 to 24 years in City of Canterbury Bankstown had a tertiary qualification.

Educational Qualifications relate to education outside of primary and secondary school and are one of the most important indicators of socio-economic status. They apply only to people over the age of 15 and include only qualifications gained outside of schooling.

Qualification levels are typically higher among the young and decreases with age, due to the increasing importance of education in the job market over time. For this reason, looking at qualifications for a specific age group removes this effect and may reveal patterns in school completion and university qualifications specific to the local area.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

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

Highest qualification achieved
City of Canterbury Bankstown - 15 to 24 years20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%Greater SydneyNumber%Greater Sydney2016 to 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree5,2698.59.24,5469.811.5+723
Advanced Diploma or Diploma2,2183.63.62,1544.64.3+64
Vocational3,6495.97.03,7568.19.0-107
No qualification47,02375.775.532,13069.367.4+14,893
Not stated3,9186.34.73,7758.17.8+143
Total people62,077100.0100.046,361100.0100.0+15,716
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 people aged 15 to 24 years in City of Canterbury Bankstown in 2021 compared to Greater Sydney shows that there was a lower proportion of people holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a similar proportion of people with no formal qualifications.

The major difference between the qualifications held by people aged 15 to 24 years of the City of Canterbury Bankstown and Greater Sydney is:

  • A smaller percentage of people with Vocational qualifications (5.9% compared to 7.0%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the qualifications of people aged 15 to 24 years in the City of Canterbury Bankstown between 2016 and 2021 were in those with:

  • No qualifications (+14,893 persons)
  • Bachelor or Higher degrees (+723 persons)
  • Vocational qualifications (-107 persons)
  • Advanced Diploma or Diplomas (+64 persons)

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