Armidale Regional Council
Local workers - Qualifications - All industries
Qualification levels help to evaluate the economic opportunities and socio-economic status of local workers in a particular industry.
The level of qualifications in a workforce relate to a number of factors including:
- The age of the workforce;
- The skill and qualification level required to enter an industry;
- The professional or working ambitions of people (to seek education as youth or retraining as adults);
- The opportunities afforded to people to continue studying beyond compulsory schooling.
Educational Qualification statistics should be looked at in conjunction with Field of qualification and Occupations data for a full education analysis for Armidale Regional Council.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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Armidale Regional Council - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
Bachelor or Higher degree | 5,012 | 36.5 | 38.4 | 4,180 | 31.9 | 32.6 | +832 | ||
Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 1,295 | 9.4 | 11.0 | 1,244 | 9.5 | 11.1 | +51 | ||
Certificate I and II Level | 251 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 206 | 1.6 | 1.2 | +45 | ||
Certificate III & IV Level | 2,676 | 19.5 | 18.1 | 2,578 | 19.7 | 18.7 | +98 | ||
Certificate Level, nfd | 270 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 311 | 2.4 | 2.3 | -41 | ||
No qualification | 3,949 | 28.7 | 27.0 | 4,187 | 32.0 | 31.1 | -238 | ||
Inadequately described or not stated | 287 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 392 | 3.0 | 2.9 | -105 | ||
Total Persons | 13,740 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 13,098 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +642 | ||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions) Please refer to specific data notes for more information |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the qualifications of the in Armidale Regional Council in 2021 compared to New South Wales shows that there was a lower proportion holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a higher proportion with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 69.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 28.7% had no qualifications, compared with 70.7% and 27.0% respectively for New South Wales.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Armidale Regional Council and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (36.5% compared to 38.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (28.7% compared to 27.0%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (9.4% compared to 11.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (19.5% compared to 18.1%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Armidale Regional Council between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+832 local workers)
- No qualification (-238 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+98 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+51 local workers)