RDA Yorke and Mid North Region
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 RDA Yorke and Mid North Region.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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RDA Yorke and Mid North Region - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
Qualification level | Number | % | South Australia | Number | % | South Australia | 2016 - 2021 | ||
Bachelor or Higher degree | 4,529 | 16.5 | 30.6 | 3,837 | 14.2 | 25.9 | +692 | ||
Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 2,507 | 9.1 | 10.3 | 2,470 | 9.2 | 10.6 | +37 | ||
Certificate I and II Level | 605 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 526 | 2.0 | 1.5 | +79 | ||
Certificate III & IV Level | 7,377 | 26.9 | 21.6 | 6,714 | 24.9 | 21.4 | +663 | ||
Certificate Level, nfd | 512 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 658 | 2.4 | 2.2 | -146 | ||
No qualification | 11,164 | 40.7 | 32.2 | 11,850 | 43.9 | 35.8 | -686 | ||
Inadequately described or not stated | 715 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 919 | 3.4 | 2.7 | -204 | ||
Total Persons | 27,409 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 26,974 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +435 | ||
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 RDA Yorke and Mid North 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, 56.7% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 40.7% 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 RDA Yorke and Mid North Region and South Australia were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (16.5% compared to 30.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (40.7% compared to 32.2%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (26.9% compared to 21.6%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (9.1% compared to 10.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in RDA Yorke and Mid North Region between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+692 local workers)
- No qualification (-686 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+663 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (-146 local workers)