Clarence Valley Council area
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 Clarence Valley Council area.
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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| Clarence Valley Council area - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 3,569 | 19.5 | 38.4 | 2,921 | 17.9 | 32.6 | +648 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 1,864 | 10.2 | 11.0 | 1,619 | 9.9 | 11.1 | +245 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 393 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 326 | 2.0 | 1.2 | +67 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 5,302 | 29.0 | 18.1 | 4,449 | 27.2 | 18.7 | +853 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 464 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 524 | 3.2 | 2.3 | -60 | ||
| No qualification | 6,189 | 33.8 | 27.0 | 5,883 | 36.0 | 31.1 | +306 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 514 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 626 | 3.8 | 2.9 | -112 | ||
| Total Persons | 18,295 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 16,348 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,947 | ||
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 Clarence Valley Council area 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, 63.4% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 33.8% had no qualifications, compared with 70.7% and 27.0% respectively for New South Wales.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Clarence Valley Council area and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (19.5% compared to 38.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (29.0% compared to 18.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (33.8% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate I and II Level (2.1% compared to 1.2%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Clarence Valley Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Certificate III & IV Level (+853 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+648 local workers)
- No qualification (+306 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+245 local workers)