Coffs Harbour City

Local workers - Qualifications - All industries

In Coffs Harbour City, the workforce has a lower proportion with University qualifications compared to New South Wales.

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 Coffs Harbour City.

Data source

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work

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Local workers qualifications
Coffs Harbour City - All industries 20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%. New South WalesNumber%. New South Wales2016 - 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree8,23025.238.46,27621.732.6+1,954
Advanced Diploma or Diploma3,74211.411.03,45011.911.1+292
Certificate I and II Level5341.61.25631.91.2-29
Certificate III & IV Level8,37225.618.17,16324.818.7+1,209
Certificate Level, nfd6952.11.97602.62.3-65
No qualification10,26031.427.09,82234.031.1+438
Inadequately described or not stated8522.62.38482.92.9+4
Total Persons32,685100.0100.028,882100.0100.0+3,803

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions)

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Dominant groups

Analysis of the qualifications of the in Coffs Harbour City 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, 66.0% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 31.4% 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 Coffs Harbour City and New South Wales were:

  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (25.2% compared to 38.4%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (25.6% compared to 18.1%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (31.4% compared to 27.0%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate I and II Level (1.6% compared to 1.2%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Coffs Harbour City between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Bachelor or Higher degree (+1,954 local workers)
  • Certificate III & IV Level (+1,209 local workers)
  • No qualification (+438 local workers)
  • Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+292 local workers)

City of Coffs Harbour

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