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Table 23: All employees: highest educational qualification by base classification and gender, 30 June 2019
Highest educational qualification Classification Total
Trainee Graduate APS 1 APS 2 APS 3 APS 4 APS 5 APS 6 EL 1 EL 2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3
Doctorate . 5 1 5 10 29 51 350 560 588 47 31 3 1680
Masters 1 38 30 24 99 295 365 1060 1397 1003 205 60 17 4594
Postgraduate diploma . 6 27 16 82 211 257 716 850 497 123 27 6 2818
Bachelor degree 10 128 107 95 478 1213 1471 3158 3245 1609 281 104 20 11919
Undergraduate diploma 2 . 16 26 73 139 123 212 169 68 9 . . 837
Associate diploma 10 . 44 47 271 560 502 769 530 162 11 4 1 2911
Skilled vocational qualification 5 . 21 31 140 195 165 288 163 48 5 1 . 1062
Basic vocational qualification 3 . 19 14 40 58 61 89 42 17 2 1 . 346
Year 12 7 . 86 92 325 590 535 786 614 231 38 13 2 3319
Year 11 . . 26 20 43 74 67 74 37 9 3 . . 353
Year 10 . . 51 39 89 134 121 112 71 21 3 1 . 642
Less than year 10 . . 6 6 9 5 7 5 5 2 1 1 . 47
No data 212 562 569 1359 3641 5234 4180 6095 4603 1881 330 112 31 28809
Total men 250 739 1003 1774 5300 8737 7905 13714 12286 6136 1058 355 80 59337

Source: APSED

Women

Highest educational qualification Classification Total
Trainee Graduate APS 1 APS 2 APS 3 APS 4 APS 5 APS 6 EL 1 EL 2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3
Doctorate . 2 6 1 5 32 53 281 314 223 38 13 6 974
Masters . 21 40 19 111 324 469 1349 1393 815 195 53 13 4802
Postgraduate diploma . 12 69 28 102 331 374 1152 1162 586 100 25 3 3944
Bachelor degree 11 141 234 156 683 1937 1937 4747 3788 1517 289 61 18 15519
Undergraduate diploma 3 . 34 32 89 211 171 249 200 60 6 1 . 1056
Associate diploma 8 . 103 91 374 1748 937 1120 568 159 11 1 . 5120
Skilled vocational qualification 7 . 57 69 239 597 278 346 157 43 5 . . 1798
Basic vocational qualification 4 . 135 46 143 247 148 176 72 11 1 . . 983
Year 12 5 . 215 178 521 1327 893 1175 638 216 29 6 5 5208
Year 11 . . 71 35 134 274 128 105 62 12 2 . . 823
Year 10 1 . 157 106 244 607 271 308 138 33 3 . . 1868
Less than year 10 . . 20 3 18 43 19 16 8 3 1 . . 131
No data 257 512 1058 1922 7440 11670 6993 8217 5218 1911 313 72 17 45600
Total women 296 688 2199 2686 10103 19348 12671 19241 13718 5589 993 232 62 87826

Total

Highest educational qualification Classification Total
Trainee Graduate APS 1 APS 2 APS 3 APS 4 APS 5 APS 6 EL 1 EL 2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3
Doctorate . 7 7 6 15 61 104 631 874 811 85 44 9 2654
Masters 1 59 70 43 210 619 834 2411 2790 1818 400 113 30 9398
Postgraduate diploma . 18 96 44 184 542 631 1868 2014 1083 223 52 9 6764
Bachelor degree 21 269 341 251 1161 3152 3410 7907 7033 3126 570 165 38 27444
Undergraduate diploma 5 . 50 58 162 350 294 462 369 128 15 1 . 1894
Associate diploma 18 . 147 138 645 2308 1440 1889 1099 321 22 5 1 8033
Skilled vocational qualification 12 . 78 100 379 792 443 634 320 91 10 1 . 2860
Basic vocational qualification 7 . 154 60 183 305 209 265 114 28 3 1 . 1329
Year 12 12 . 301 270 846 1917 1428 1961 1252 447 67 19 7 8527
Year 11 . . 97 55 177 348 195 179 99 21 5 . . 1176
Year 10 1 . 208 145 333 741 392 420 209 54 6 1 . 2510
Less than year 10 . . 26 9 27 48 26 21 13 5 2 1 . 178
No data 470 1077 1628 3285 11111 16916 11178 14315 9823 3792 643 184 48 74470
Total 547 1430 3203 4464 15433 28099 20584 32963 26009 11725 2051 587 142 147237

Source: APSED

Last reviewed: 
27 September 2019