RDA Northern Territory

Local workers - Qualifications - All industries

In the RDA Northern Territory, the workforce has a similar proportion with University qualifications compared to Northern Territory.

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 Northern Territory.

Data source

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

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Local workers qualifications
RDA Northern Territory - All industries 20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%. Northern TerritoryNumber%. Northern Territory2016 - 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree34,76032.131.627,18825.625.2+7,572
Advanced Diploma or Diploma11,57910.710.611,05710.410.3+522
Certificate I and II Level1,9481.81.81,8471.71.7+101
Certificate III & IV Level23,89422.122.526,02524.525.1-2,131
Certificate Level, nfd1,8501.71.72,2372.12.1-387
No qualification31,29028.929.033,89932.032.0-2,609
Inadequately described or not stated2,9122.72.73,7693.63.6-857
Total Persons108,233100.0100.0106,022100.0100.0+2,211

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 RDA Northern Territory in 2021 compared to Northern Territory shows that there was a similar proportion holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a similar proportion with no formal qualifications.

Overall, 68.4% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 28.9% had no qualifications, compared with 68.2% and 29.0% respectively for Northern Territory.

The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the RDA Northern Territory and Northern Territory were:

  • A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (32.1% compared to 31.6%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (22.1% compared to 22.5%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (28.9% compared to 29.0%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (10.7% compared to 10.6%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the RDA Northern Territory between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Bachelor or Higher degree (+7,572 local workers)
  • No qualification (-2,609 local workers)
  • Certificate III & IV Level (-2,131 local workers)
  • Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+522 local workers)

RDA Northern Territory

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