Limestone Coast region

Local workers - Qualifications - All industries

In the Limestone Coast region, the workforce has a lower proportion with University qualifications compared to South Australia.

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 Limestone Coast region.

Data source

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work

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Local workers qualifications
Limestone Coast region - All industries 20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%. South AustraliaNumber%. South Australia2016 - 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree4,69215.730.63,77613.225.9+916
Advanced Diploma or Diploma2,4558.210.32,3838.410.6+72
Certificate I and II Level5872.01.56532.31.5-66
Certificate III & IV Level8,15327.321.67,28925.621.4+864
Certificate Level, nfd6082.01.77812.72.2-173
No qualification12,61042.132.212,68944.535.8-79
Inadequately described or not stated8142.72.19433.32.7-129
Total Persons29,919100.0100.028,514100.0100.0+1,405

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 in the Limestone Coast region 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, 55.1% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 42.1% 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 Limestone Coast region and South Australia were:

  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (15.7% compared to 30.6%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (42.1% compared to 32.2%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (27.3% compared to 21.6%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (8.2% compared to 10.3%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the Limestone Coast region between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Bachelor or Higher degree (+916 local workers)
  • Certificate III & IV Level (+864 local workers)
  • Certificate Level, nfd (-173 local workers)
  • No qualification (-79 local workers)

RDA Limestone Coast Region

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