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LEARN MORE ABOUT .id48.9% of people in the City of Port Phillip had a Bachelor or Higher degree qualification in 2021, higher than Greater Melbourne. This represents an increase of 5,365 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, the City of Port Phillip'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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Analysis of the qualifications of the population in the City of Port Phillip in 2021 compared to Greater Melbourne 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, 68.7% of the population aged 15 and over held educational qualifications, and 22.2% had no qualifications, compared with 57.6% and 35.2% respectively for Greater Melbourne.
The major differences between qualifications held by the population of the City of Port Phillip and Greater Melbourne were:
The largest changes in the qualifications of the population in the City of Port Phillip between 2016 and 2021 were in those with:
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