Bundaberg Regional 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 Bundaberg Regional Council.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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Current benchmark:
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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| Bundaberg Regional Council - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Queensland | Number | % | Queensland | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 6,918 | 19.3 | 29.3 | 5,396 | 17.2 | 25.1 | +1,522 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 3,249 | 9.1 | 11.3 | 2,739 | 8.7 | 10.9 | +510 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 843 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 594 | 1.9 | 1.3 | +249 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 9,726 | 27.1 | 23.2 | 7,935 | 25.3 | 23.0 | +1,791 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 681 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 677 | 2.2 | 2.0 | +4 | ||
| No qualification | 13,499 | 37.6 | 30.7 | 13,047 | 41.6 | 35.0 | +452 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 959 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 953 | 3.0 | 2.7 | +6 | ||
| Total Persons | 35,875 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 31,341 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +4,534 | ||
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 Bundaberg Regional Council 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, 59.7% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 37.6% had no qualifications, compared with 67.1% and 30.7% respectively for Queensland.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Bundaberg Regional Council and Queensland were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (19.3% compared to 29.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (37.6% compared to 30.7%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (27.1% compared to 23.2%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (9.1% compared to 11.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Bundaberg Regional Council between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Certificate III & IV Level (+1,791 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+1,522 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+510 local workers)
- No qualification (+452 local workers)