Gunnedah Shire

Resident workers - Qualifications

60.1% of the resident workers (All industries) in Gunnedah Shire have qualifications, compared to 70.7% for New South Wales.

Education is an essential means of building the knowledge and skill levels of the labour force, which is a key factor in achieving future economic and social development.

The level of educational attainment for Gunnedah Shire's resident workforce relates to a number of factors including:

  • The age structure of the resident workforce;
  • The professional or social ambitions of people to obtain qualifications (that is, to seek education and retraining);
  • The opportunities afforded to people to continue studying beyond compulsory schooling, and;
  • The knowledge and skill requirements of the local industries.

Qualification should be looked at in conjunction with Income , Occupations and Field of qualification for a clearer picture of the knowledge and skill level of Gunnedah Shire's local resident workers.

When comparing the Qualifications of local resident worker with local workers, Qualifications statistics indicates whether an economy draws on the skills offered by its own residents or on a different set of skills imported from elsewhere in the region.

Data source

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 and 2021 – by usual residence

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Resident workers qualifications
Gunnedah Shire - Persons20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%. New South WalesNumber%. New South Wales2016 - 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree1,01817.338.482815.432.6+190
Advanced Diploma or Diploma4938.411.04829.011.2+11
Certificate I and II Level1051.81.2991.81.2+6
Certificate III & IV Level1,76930.118.21,43926.818.7+330
Certificate Level, nfd1432.41.91542.92.3-11
No qualification2,19937.427.02,13539.731.1+64
Inadequately described or not stated1482.52.32404.52.9-92
Total Persons5,875100.0100.05,377100.0100.0+498

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions)

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Dominant groups

Analysis of the qualifications of the resident workers (All industries) in Gunnedah Shire in 2021 compared to New South Wales shows that there was a higher proportion of resident holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a lower proportion of males with no formal qualifications.

Overall, 60.1% of the resident workers (All industries) held educational qualifications, and 37.4% had no qualifications, compared with 70.7% and 27.0% respectively for New South Wales.

The major differences between qualifications held by the resident workers (All industries) of Gunnedah Shire and (New South Wales) were:

  • A smaller percentage of resident workers (All industries) with Bachelor or Higher degree (17.3% compared to 38.4%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers (All industries) with Certificate III & IV Level (30.1% compared to 18.2%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers (All industries) with No qualification (37.4% compared to 27.0%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the qualifications held by the resident workers (All industries) in Gunnedah Shire between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Certificate III & IV Level (+330 persons)
  • Bachelor or Higher degree (+190 persons)
  • No qualification (+64 persons)
  • Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+11 persons)

Gunnedah Shire Council

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