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 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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| Clarence Valley Council area - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 2,921 | 17.9 | 32.6 | 2,460 | 14.7 | 27.9 | +461 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 1,619 | 9.9 | 11.1 | 1,327 | 7.9 | 10.5 | +292 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 326 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 375 | 2.2 | 1.4 | -49 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 4,449 | 27.2 | 18.7 | 4,267 | 25.6 | 18.8 | +182 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 524 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 421 | 2.5 | 1.9 | +103 | ||
| No qualification | 5,883 | 36.0 | 31.1 | 7,003 | 41.9 | 34.9 | -1,120 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 626 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 845 | 5.1 | 4.5 | -219 | ||
| Total Persons | 16,348 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 16,698 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -350 | ||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2016. 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 2016 compared to New South Wales 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, 60.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 36.0% had no qualifications, compared with 65.9% and 31.1% 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 (17.9% compared to 32.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (27.2% compared to 18.7%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (36.0% compared to 31.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (9.9% compared to 11.1%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Clarence Valley Council area between 2011 and 2016 were:
- No qualification (-1,120 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+461 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+292 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+182 local workers)