Armidale Regional Council
Resident workers - Qualifications
64.4% of the resident workers in the Armidale Regional Council have qualifications, compared to 66.0% for New South Wales.
Education is an essential means of building the knowledge and skill levels of the labour force, which is a key factor in achieving future economic and social development.
The level of educational attainment for the Armidale Regional Council's resident workforce relates to a number of factors including:
- The age structure of the resident workforce;
- The professional or social ambitions of people to obtain qualifications (that is, to seek education and retraining);
- The opportunities afforded to people to continue studying beyond compulsory schooling, and;
- The knowledge and skill requirements of the local industries.
Qualification should be looked at in conjunction with Income, Occupation and Field of qualification for a clearer picture of the knowledge and skill level of Armidale Regional Council's local resident workers.
When comparing the Qualifications of local resident worker with local workers, Qualifications statistics indicates whether an economy draws on the skills offered by its own residents or on a different set of skills imported from elsewhere in the region.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 and 2016 – by usual residence
| Resident workers qualifications | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armidale Regional Council | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales% | Number | % | New South Wales% | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 3,862 | 31.3 | 32.6 | 3,330 | 27.3 | 27.9 | +532 | 25001 |
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 1,146 | 9.3 | 11.2 | 1,041 | 8.5 | 10.5 | +105 | 25002 |
| Certificate I and II Level | 193 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 229 | 1.9 | 1.4 | -36 | 25005 |
| Certificate III & IV Level | 2,451 | 19.9 | 18.7 | 2,376 | 19.5 | 18.9 | +75 | 25006 |
| Certificate Level, nfd | 289 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 269 | 2.2 | 1.9 | +20 | 25007 |
| No qualification | 4,027 | 32.7 | 31.1 | 4,436 | 36.4 | 34.8 | -409 | 25008 |
| Inadequately described or not stated | 362 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 502 | 4.1 | 4.5 | -140 | 25009 |
| Total persons | 12,330 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 12,183 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +147 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window), the population experts.
Dominant groups
Analysis of the qualifications of the resident workers in the Armidale Regional Council in 2016 compared to New South Wales shows that there was a lower proportion of people holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a higher proportion of people with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 64.4% of the resident workers held educational qualifications, and 32.7% had no qualifications, compared with 66.0% and 31.1% respectively for New South Wales.
The major differences between qualifications held by the resident workers of the Armidale Regional Council and New South Wales were:
- A larger percentage of resident workers with No qualifications (32.7% compared to 31.1%)
- A larger percentage of resident workers with Certificate III & IV Levels (19.9% compared to 18.7%)
- A smaller percentage of resident workers with Advanced Diploma or Diplomas (9.3% compared to 11.2%)
- A smaller percentage of resident workers with Bachelor or Higher degrees (31.3% compared to 32.6%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the resident workers in the Armidale Regional Council between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degrees (+532 people )
- No qualifications (-409 people )
- Advanced Diploma or Diplomas (+105 people )
- Certificate III & IV Levels (+75 people )