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 Ballina Shire.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballina Shire - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 4,735 | 26.5 | 38.4 | 3,487 | 23.4 | 32.6 | +1,248 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 2,038 | 11.4 | 11.0 | 1,674 | 11.2 | 11.1 | +364 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 267 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 235 | 1.6 | 1.2 | +32 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 4,411 | 24.7 | 18.1 | 3,672 | 24.6 | 18.7 | +739 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 416 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 416 | 2.8 | 2.3 | -- | ||
| No qualification | 5,529 | 30.9 | 27.0 | 5,003 | 33.5 | 31.1 | +526 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 482 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 442 | 3.0 | 2.9 | +40 | ||
| Total Persons | 17,878 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 14,929 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +2,949 | ||
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 Ballina Shire 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, 66.4% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 30.9% 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 Ballina Shire and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (26.5% compared to 38.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (24.7% compared to 18.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (30.9% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (11.4% compared to 11.0%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Ballina Shire between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+1,248 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+739 local workers)
- No qualification (+526 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+364 local workers)