City of Brisbane

Resident workers - Qualifications

74.6% of the resident workers (All industries) in the City of Brisbane have qualifications, compared to 67.2% for Queensland.

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 City of Brisbane'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 , Occupations and Field of qualification for a clearer picture of the knowledge and skill level of the City of Brisbane'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.

Data source

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 and 2021 – by usual residence

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Resident workers qualifications
City of Brisbane - Persons20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%. QueenslandNumber%. Queensland2016 - 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree314,05747.429.4238,97241.925.1+75,085
Advanced Diploma or Diploma71,75910.811.362,07710.910.9+9,682
Certificate I and II Level6,6701.01.55,1190.91.3+1,551
Certificate III & IV Level92,26813.923.283,91214.723.0+8,356
Certificate Level, nfd9,3511.41.88,7801.52.0+571
No qualification155,77723.530.6159,50328.035.0-3,726
Inadequately described or not stated12,4351.92.212,0972.12.7+338
Total Persons662,317100.0100.0570,460100.0100.0+91,857

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 resident workers (All industries) in the City of Brisbane in 2021 compared to Queensland shows that there was a higher proportion of resident holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a lower proportion of males with no formal qualifications.

Overall, 74.6% of the resident workers (All industries) held educational qualifications, and 23.5% had no qualifications, compared with 67.2% and 30.6% respectively for Queensland.

The major differences between qualifications held by the resident workers (All industries) of the City of Brisbane and (Queensland) were:

  • A larger percentage of resident workers (All industries) with Bachelor or Higher degree (47.4% compared to 29.4%)
  • A smaller percentage of resident workers (All industries) with Certificate III & IV Level (13.9% compared to 23.2%)
  • A smaller percentage of resident workers (All industries) with No qualification (23.5% compared to 30.6%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the qualifications held by the resident workers (All industries) in the City of Brisbane between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Bachelor or Higher degree (+75,085 persons)
  • Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+9,682 persons)
  • Certificate III & IV Level (+8,356 persons)
  • No qualification (-3,726 persons)

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