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 Bulloo Shire.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulloo Shire - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Queensland | Number | % | Queensland | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 23 | 8.6 | 29.3 | 22 | 7.7 | 25.1 | +1 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 19 | 7.1 | 11.3 | 24 | 8.4 | 10.9 | -5 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 10 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 6 | 2.1 | 1.3 | +4 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 102 | 37.9 | 23.2 | 112 | 39.2 | 23.0 | -10 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 4 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 5 | 1.7 | 2.0 | -1 | ||
| No qualification | 108 | 40.1 | 30.7 | 107 | 37.4 | 35.0 | +1 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 3 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 10 | 3.5 | 2.7 | -7 | ||
| Total Persons | 269 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 286 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -17 | ||
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 Bulloo Shire in 2021 compared to Queensland 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, 58.7% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 40.1% had no qualifications, compared with 67.1% and 30.7% respectively for Queensland.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Bulloo Shire and Queensland were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (8.6% compared to 29.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (37.9% compared to 23.2%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (40.1% compared to 30.7%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (7.1% compared to 11.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Bulloo Shire between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Certificate III & IV Level (-10 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (-5 local workers)
- Certificate I and II Level (+4 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+1 local workers)