Richmond Valley Council
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 Richmond Valley Council.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Valley Council - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 1,210 | 16.8 | 38.4 | 1,003 | 14.5 | 32.6 | +207 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 569 | 7.9 | 11.0 | 529 | 7.6 | 11.1 | +40 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 130 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 140 | 2.0 | 1.2 | -10 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 2,127 | 29.5 | 18.1 | 1,894 | 27.3 | 18.7 | +233 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 140 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 196 | 2.8 | 2.3 | -56 | ||
| No qualification | 2,824 | 39.2 | 27.0 | 2,943 | 42.4 | 31.1 | -119 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 213 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 236 | 3.4 | 2.9 | -23 | ||
| Total Persons | 7,213 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 6,941 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +272 | ||
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 Richmond Valley Council in 2021 compared to New South Wales 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, 57.9% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 39.2% had no qualifications, compared with 70.7% and 27.0% respectively for New South Wales.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Richmond Valley Council and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (16.8% compared to 38.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (39.2% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (29.5% compared to 18.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (7.9% compared to 11.0%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Richmond Valley Council between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Certificate III & IV Level (+233 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+207 local workers)
- No qualification (-119 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (-56 local workers)