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City of Ryde

Qualifications

33.0% of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the City of Ryde have a tertiary qualification.

Highest qualification achieved shows the level of qualification, school or non-school, which is the highest that a person has achieved. This topic is useful for looking at the education and work prospects of the First Nations community, how many have completed schooling, and how many have gone on to University or TAFE qualifications.

This is an important indicator of the socio-economic status of the First Nations community in the area, and should be viewed in conjunction with the more detailed Highest Level of Schooling and Education Institute Attending variables, as well as Employment Status.

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Derived from the Census questions:

'What is the level of the highest qualification the person has completed?' and 'What is the highest year of primary or secondary school the person has completed?'

Highest qualification achieved
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples - City of Ryde20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%Greater Sydney %Number%Greater Sydney %2016 to 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree10422.511.36018.59.4+44
Advanced diploma or diploma4910.68.13611.17.5+13
Certificate III & IV Level7516.220.35617.217.8+19
Certificate I & II Level0--38.40--38.60
Year 10 and above17036.70.212538.50.3+45
Year 9 and below306.512.4257.714.1+5
No educational attainment81.70.692.80.6-1
Not stated275.88.7144.311.9+13
Total people age 15+463100.0100.0325100.0100.0+138
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 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the City of Ryde in 2021 compared to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander in Greater Sydney shows that there was a higher proportion of people holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), as well as a higher proportion of people with no formal qualifications.

Overall, 49.2% of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 and over held educational qualifications, and 1.7% had no qualifications, compared with 39.7% and 0.6% respectively for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander in Greater Sydney.

The major differences between highest educational attainment held by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population of the City of Ryde and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander in Greater Sydney were:

  • A larger percentage of people who completed year 11 or 12 (36.7% compared to 0.2%)
  • A larger percentage of people who completed a bachelor degree level or higher (22.5% compared to 11.3%)
  • A smaller percentage of people Certificate I & II Level (0.0% compared to 38.4%)
  • A smaller percentage of people who completed year 10 or below (6.5% compared to 12.4%)

Emerging groups

There were no major changes in highest educational attainment of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in City of Ryde between 2016 and 2021.

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