Byron Shire
Local workers - Qualifications - Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
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 Byron Shire.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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| Byron Shire - Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 807 | 62.0 | 68.5 | 472 | 54.2 | 61.3 | +335 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 160 | 12.3 | 9.8 | 121 | 13.9 | 11.2 | +39 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 11 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 10 | 1.1 | 0.8 | +1 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 98 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 92 | 10.6 | 7.3 | +6 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 19 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 19 | 2.2 | 1.9 | -- | ||
| No qualification | 181 | 13.9 | 11.2 | 140 | 16.1 | 15.1 | +41 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 26 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 17 | 2.0 | 2.4 | +9 | ||
| Total Persons | 1,302 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 871 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +431 | ||
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 Byron 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, 84.1% of the workers (Professional, Scientific and Technical Services) who held educational qualifications, and 13.9% had no qualifications, compared with 86.9% and 11.2% respectively for New South Wales.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce (Professional, Scientific and Technical Services) of Byron Shire and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers (Professional, Scientific and Technical Services) with Bachelor or Higher degree (62.0% compared to 68.5%)
- A larger percentage of local workers (Professional, Scientific and Technical Services) with No qualification (13.9% compared to 11.2%)
- A larger percentage of local workers (Professional, Scientific and Technical Services) with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (12.3% compared to 9.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers (Professional, Scientific and Technical Services) with Certificate III & IV Level (7.5% compared to 6.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the Professional, Scientific and Technical Services workforce in Byron Shire between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+335 local workers)
- No qualification (+41 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+39 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+6 local workers)