Cairns
Local workers - Qualifications - Accommodation and Food 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 Cairns.
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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| Cairns - Accommodation and Food Services | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Australia | Number | % | Australia | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 1,056 | 13.6 | 16.4 | 828 | 11.6 | 14.3 | +228 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 844 | 10.9 | 10.2 | 803 | 11.2 | 9.6 | +41 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 237 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 148 | 2.1 | 1.8 | +89 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 1,435 | 18.5 | 14.7 | 1,375 | 19.3 | 15.3 | +60 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 146 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 144 | 2.0 | 1.6 | +2 | ||
| No qualification | 3,830 | 49.5 | 53.2 | 3,606 | 50.5 | 54.9 | +224 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 196 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 238 | 3.3 | 2.5 | -42 | ||
| Total Persons | 7,744 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 7,142 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +602 | ||
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 Cairns in 2021 compared to Australia shows that there was a higher proportion holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a lower proportion with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 48.0% of the workers (Accommodation and Food Services) who held educational qualifications, and 49.5% had no qualifications, compared with 44.8% and 53.2% respectively for Australia.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce (Accommodation and Food Services) of Cairns and Australia were:
- A larger percentage of local workers (Accommodation and Food Services) with Certificate III & IV Level (18.5% compared to 14.7%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers (Accommodation and Food Services) with No qualification (49.5% compared to 53.2%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers (Accommodation and Food Services) with Bachelor or Higher degree (13.6% compared to 16.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers (Accommodation and Food Services) with Certificate I and II Level (3.1% compared to 2.1%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the Accommodation and Food Services workforce in Cairns between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+228 local workers)
- No qualification (+224 local workers)
- Certificate I and II Level (+89 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+60 local workers)