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Table 25: Ongoing employees: highest educational qualification by base classification and sex, 30 June 2016

Men
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
Source: APSED
Doctorate . 4 . 4 13 23 55 324 478 534 47 24 4 1510
Masters 1 33 3 9 124 290 366 1019 1343 978 184 56 17 4423
Postgraduate diploma 3 8 1 6 114 218 269 755 911 524 136 26 5 2976
Bachelor degree 5 151 18 67 627 1374 1513 3306 3251 1645 330 114 23 12424
Undergraduate diploma 3 1 2 12 97 145 119 214 157 72 8 . . 830
Associate diploma 5 2 3 23 332 635 532 823 524 168 16 2 . 3065
Skilled vocational qualification 4 . 5 32 147 236 201 295 185 52 8 1 . 1166
Basic vocational qualification 2 . 1 4 44 65 46 88 43 16 2 2 . 313
Year 12 11 3 26 82 466 739 661 969 729 280 44 13 4 4027
Year 11 . . 4 27 60 99 99 105 51 15 1 . . 461
Year 10 2 . 29 68 119 193 167 156 96 25 5 . . 860
Less than year 10 . . 6 8 9 10 14 10 6 5 . . . 68
No data 200 421 164 587 3135 4492 3952 5683 4344 1857 272 81 18 25206
Total men 236 623 262 929 5287 8519 7994 13747 12118 6171 1053 319 71 57329
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
Source: APSED
Doctorate . 6 . 1 7 23 49 228 264 206 30 12 3 829
Masters . 44 3 5 138 342 406 1149 1220 700 170 49 6 4232
Postgraduate diploma 1 18 1 14 144 375 420 1137 1143 544 91 23 3 3914
Bachelor degree 6 161 13 81 857 2199 2109 4667 3580 1347 256 55 17 15348
Undergraduate diploma 3 4 4 7 99 199 169 272 181 64 4 . . 1006
Associate diploma 9 2 13 64 430 2067 851 1018 521 132 10 1 . 5118
Skilled vocational qualification 4 . 10 47 307 689 277 300 150 32 6 . . 1822
Basic vocational qualification 3 . 5 39 167 262 143 147 62 7 1 . . 836
Year 12 16 6 22 155 730 1674 983 1200 711 233 36 8 4 5778
Year 11 3 . 7 44 194 330 147 123 61 17 3 . . 929
Year 10 1 . 23 142 396 789 378 385 180 43 5 . . 2342
Less than year 10 . . 7 12 33 68 25 24 11 4 . . . 184
No data 222 398 172 1132 6311 10648 5956 7064 4435 1535 246 48 14 38181
Total women 268 639 280 1743 9813 19665 11913 17714 12519 4864 858 196 47 80519
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
Source: APSED
Doctorate . 10 . 5 20 46 104 552 742 740 77 36 7 2339
Masters 1 77 6 14 262 632 772 2168 2563 1678 354 105 23 8655
Postgraduate diploma 4 26 2 20 258 593 689 1892 2054 1068 227 49 8 6890
Bachelor degree 11 312 31 148 1484 3573 3622 7973 6831 2992 586 169 40 27772
Undergraduate diploma 6 5 6 19 196 344 288 486 338 136 12 . . 1836
Associate diploma 14 4 16 87 762 2702 1383 1841 1045 300 26 3 . 8183
Skilled vocational qualification 8 . 15 79 454 925 478 595 335 84 14 1 . 2988
Basic vocational qualification 5 . 6 43 211 327 189 235 105 23 3 2 . 1149
Year 12 27 9 48 237 1196 2413 1644 2169 1440 513 80 21 8 9805
Year 11 3 . 11 71 254 429 246 228 112 32 4 . . 1390
Year 10 3 . 52 210 515 982 545 541 276 68 10 . . 3202
Less than year 10 . . 13 20 42 78 39 34 17 9 . . . 252
No data 422 819 336 1719 9446 15140 9908 12747 8779 3392 518 129 32 63387
Total 504 1262 542 2672 15100 28184 19907 31461 24637 11035 1911 515 118 137848
Last reviewed: 
14 May 2018