RDA Adelaide Hills, Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island
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 the RDA Adelaide Hills, Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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RDA Adelaide Hills, Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
Qualification level | Number | % | South Australia | Number | % | South Australia | 2016 - 2021 | ||
Bachelor or Higher degree | 9,678 | 23.9 | 30.6 | 7,169 | 20.7 | 25.9 | +2,509 | ||
Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 4,369 | 10.8 | 10.3 | 3,771 | 10.9 | 10.6 | +598 | ||
Certificate I and II Level | 756 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 667 | 1.9 | 1.5 | +89 | ||
Certificate III & IV Level | 9,538 | 23.6 | 21.6 | 7,956 | 22.9 | 21.4 | +1,582 | ||
Certificate Level, nfd | 830 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 860 | 2.5 | 2.2 | -30 | ||
No qualification | 14,371 | 35.5 | 32.2 | 13,232 | 38.1 | 35.8 | +1,139 | ||
Inadequately described or not stated | 914 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1,053 | 3.0 | 2.7 | -139 | ||
Total Persons | 40,456 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 34,708 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +5,748 | ||
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 the RDA Adelaide Hills, Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island in 2021 compared to South Australia 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, 62.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 35.5% had no qualifications, compared with 65.8% and 32.2% respectively for South Australia.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the RDA Adelaide Hills, Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island and South Australia were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (23.9% compared to 30.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (35.5% compared to 32.2%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (23.6% compared to 21.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (10.8% compared to 10.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the RDA Adelaide Hills, Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+2,509 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+1,582 local workers)
- No qualification (+1,139 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+598 local workers)