Table 28: All employees: highest educational qualification by base classification and gender, 31 December 2021

Men

Classification
Highest educational qualification Trainee Graduate APS 1 APS 2 APS 3 APS 4 APS 5 APS 6 EL 1 EL 2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3 Total
Doctorate . 1 2 2 12 19 50 348 549 585 43 22 3 1636
Masters 2 20 14 22 118 239 372 1045 1550 1039 202 61 14 4698
Postgraduate diploma . 4 8 14 81 161 219 654 866 477 119 28 6 2637
Bachelor degree 8 117 46 91 430 917 1264 3043 3555 1743 269 95 28 11606
Undergraduate diploma 1 . 6 17 59 97 102 204 173 64 11 1 . 735
Associate diploma . . 24 37 187 450 482 765 561 188 13 6 1 2714
Skilled vocational qualification 2 . 9 28 96 177 171 281 189 58 4 1 . 1016
Basic vocational qualification . . 3 12 41 58 60 94 51 21 1 1 . 342
Year 12 3 . 47 92 226 463 459 714 564 218 23 8 1 2818
Year 11 . . 11 20 29 51 55 52 37 10 1 2 . 268
Year 10 . . 20 48 50 113 86 92 48 21 2 1 . 481
Less than year 10 . . . 8 8 4 2 9 4 1 . . . 36
No data 219 391 730 1358 4306 5734 4901 7007 5330 2116 326 117 28 32563
Total men 235 533 920 1749 5643 8483 8223 14308 13477 6541 1014 343 81 61550

Women

Classification
Highest educational qualification Trainee Graduate APS 1 APS 2 APS 3 APS 4 APS 5 APS 6 EL 1 EL 2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3 Total
Doctorate 1 1 2 2 4 25 35 313 368 251 46 14 5 1067
Masters . 11 13 16 125 267 446 1354 1713 966 230 67 20 5228
Postgraduate diploma . 8 28 31 75 244 336 1016 1292 660 117 33 4 3844
Bachelor degree 7 109 99 124 598 1639 1858 4545 4445 1879 318 85 18 15724
Undergraduate diploma 1 . 13 18 54 161 168 270 214 78 11 2 . 990
Associate diploma 7 . 56 55 309 1392 884 1206 700 220 14 5 . 4848
Skilled vocational qualification 2 . 38 59 184 518 311 397 212 60 4 2 . 1787
Basic vocational qualification 1 . 48 44 110 250 161 182 120 16 3 . . 935
Year 12 9 . 85 182 374 1054 849 1161 720 218 31 6 1 4690
Year 11 1 . 29 39 83 211 133 109 62 10 2 . . 679
Year 10 2 . 70 109 167 475 238 245 138 31 4 . . 1479
Less than year 10 . . 4 19 9 25 22 12 6 2 . . . 99
No data 261 388 1287 1858 8388 12505 8344 9870 6859 2374 384 80 16 52614
Total women 292 517 1772 2556 10480 18766 13785 20680 16849 6765 1164 294 64 93984

Total

Classification
Highest educational qualification Trainee Graduate APS 1 APS 2 APS 3 APS 4 APS 5 APS 6 EL 1 EL 2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3 Total
Doctorate 1 2 4 4 16 44 85 661 917 836 89 36 8 2703
Masters 2 32 27 38 243 507 819 2401 3265 2007 432 128 34 9935
Postgraduate diploma . 12 36 45 156 405 556 1671 2160 1137 236 61 10 6485
Bachelor degree 16 226 145 215 1029 2559 3127 7599 8002 3624 587 180 46 27355
Undergraduate diploma 2 . 19 35 113 258 270 475 389 142 22 3 . 1728
Associate diploma 7 . 80 92 497 1844 1366 1973 1262 408 27 11 1 7568
Skilled vocational qualification 4 . 47 87 280 696 482 678 401 118 8 3 . 2804
Basic vocational qualification 1 . 52 56 152 309 221 276 171 37 4 1 . 1280
Year 12 12 . 132 276 600 1518 1308 1875 1284 436 55 14 2 7512
Year 11 1 . 40 59 112 262 188 162 99 20 3 2 . 948
Year 10 2 . 90 157 217 588 324 337 186 52 6 1 . 1960
Less than year 10 . . 4 27 17 29 24 21 10 3 . . . 135
No data 484 783 2022 3222 12781 18279 13273 16899 12198 4490 711 197 44 85383
Total 532 1055 2698 4313 16213 27298 22043 35028 30344 13310 2180 637 145 155796

Source: APSED

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