Advanced diploma
A qualification awarded for the successful completion of a course providing a specialised knowledge base with depth in some areas and wide-ranging, highly specialised technical, creative or conceptual skills.
Bachelor degree
A qualification awarded for the successful completion of a course which provides a systematic and coherent broad body of knowledge, the underlying principles and concepts and the associated communication and problem-solving skills. This degree level develops the academic skills necessary to comprehend and evaluate new information, concepts and evidence from a range of sources.
Current job
The job in which the person worked for an employer/business in the week before the survey. Where the person worked in more than one job during this period, the main job, i.e. the job in which most hours were usually worked, was regarded as the current job.
Doctoral degree
A qualification awarded for the successful completion of a course involving a significant contribution to the knowledge and understanding within a particular field, and to the application of knowledge within that field.
Employed
For census purposes, persons aged 15 years and over who during the reference week: worked for payment or profit, or as an unpaid helper in a family business; or had a job from which they were on leave or otherwise temporarily absent; or were on strike or stood down temporarily.
Field of education
The subject matter of an educational activity. Fields of education are related to each other through the similarity of subject matter, through the broad purpose for which the education is undertaken, and through the theoretical content which underpins the subject matter.
Graduate certificate
A qualification awarded for the successful completion of a course which provides graduate specialisation within a systematic and coherent body of knowledge, and develops or broadens vocational knowledge and skills or recognises some practical experience in a new or existing field of professional study.
Graduate diploma
A qualification awarded for the successful completion of a course which provides extended graduate specialisation within a systematic and coherent body of knowledge, develops or broadens vocational knowledge and skills in a new or existing field of professional study, and develops practical experience in a chosen professional activity.
Highest educational attainment
Level of highest educational attainment identifies the highest achievement a person has attained in any area of study. It is not a measurement of the relative importance of different fields of study but a ranking of qualifications and other educational attainments regardless of the particular area of study or the type of institution in which the study was undertaken.
Labour force
Comprises persons employed and persons unemployed as defined in this glossary.
Last job
The last job in which employment ceased during the reference period.
Long-term arrivals
Comprise overseas visitors who intend to stay in Australia for 12 months or more (but not permanently) and Australian residents returning after an absence of 12 months or more overseas.
Long-term departures
Comprise Australian residents who intend to stay abroad for 12 months or more (but not permanently) and overseas visitors departing who stayed 12 months or more in Australia.
Master's degree
A qualification awarded for the successful completion of a course providing in-depth study leading to greater understanding in a particular field, or to professional and vocational development in that field.
Not in the labour force
Persons aged 15 years and over not in the categories employed or unemployed as defined in this glossary.
Participation rate
For any group, the labour force expressed as a percentage of the civilian population aged 15 years and over in the same group.
Professionals
Persons who perform analytical, conceptual and creative tasks through the application of theoretical knowledge and experience in the fields of science, engineering, business and information, health, education, social welfare and the arts.
Selected occupations
Includes Specialist managers and Professionals.
Selected qualifications
Includes Advanced diploma, Bachelor degree, Graduate certificate, Graduate diploma, Master degree and Doctoral degree levels.
Specialist managers
Persons who coordinate the administration and operation of specialised functions or fields of activity within an organisation. Under broad direction from the General manager, they plan, administer and review the financial, corporate, personnel, supply and distribution, information technology, sales and marketing, and other specialised activities of an organisation.
Unemployed
For census purposes, persons aged 15 years and over who do not have a job but are actively looking for employment and available to start work.
Unemployment rate
For any group, the number of unemployed persons expressed as a percentage of the labour force in the same group.
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