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 Burdekin Shire.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burdekin Shire - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Queensland | Number | % | Queensland | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 1,046 | 14.2 | 29.3 | 905 | 12.2 | 25.1 | +141 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 522 | 7.1 | 11.3 | 490 | 6.6 | 10.9 | +32 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 123 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 98 | 1.3 | 1.3 | +25 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 2,044 | 27.8 | 23.2 | 1,960 | 26.5 | 23.0 | +84 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 117 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 139 | 1.9 | 2.0 | -22 | ||
| No qualification | 3,307 | 45.0 | 30.7 | 3,565 | 48.1 | 35.0 | -258 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 184 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 249 | 3.4 | 2.7 | -65 | ||
| Total Persons | 7,343 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 7,406 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -63 | ||
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 Burdekin 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, 52.5% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 45.0% had no qualifications, compared with 67.1% and 30.7% respectively for Queensland.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Burdekin Shire and Queensland were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (14.2% compared to 29.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (45.0% compared to 30.7%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (27.8% compared to 23.2%)
- 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 Burdekin Shire between 2016 and 2021 were:
- No qualification (-258 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+141 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+84 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+32 local workers)