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 the Cassowary Coast.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cassowary Coast - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Queensland | Number | % | Queensland | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 1,853 | 16.1 | 29.3 | 1,617 | 14.0 | 25.1 | +236 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 1,049 | 9.1 | 11.3 | 954 | 8.3 | 10.9 | +95 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 231 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 185 | 1.6 | 1.3 | +46 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 3,038 | 26.4 | 23.2 | 2,924 | 25.4 | 23.0 | +114 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 195 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 241 | 2.1 | 2.0 | -46 | ||
| No qualification | 4,708 | 40.9 | 30.7 | 5,116 | 44.4 | 35.0 | -408 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 438 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 480 | 4.2 | 2.7 | -42 | ||
| Total Persons | 11,512 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 11,517 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -5 | ||
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 the Cassowary Coast 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, 55.3% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 40.9% had no qualifications, compared with 67.1% and 30.7% respectively for Queensland.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the Cassowary Coast and Queensland were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (16.1% compared to 29.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (40.9% compared to 30.7%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (26.4% 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 the Cassowary Coast between 2016 and 2021 were:
- No qualification (-408 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+236 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+114 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+95 local workers)