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 Cowra Shire.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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Cowra Shire - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
Bachelor or Higher degree | 814 | 16.6 | 38.4 | 654 | 14.3 | 32.6 | +160 | ||
Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 475 | 9.7 | 11.0 | 408 | 8.9 | 11.1 | +67 | ||
Certificate I and II Level | 113 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 101 | 2.2 | 1.2 | +12 | ||
Certificate III & IV Level | 1,353 | 27.6 | 18.1 | 1,250 | 27.3 | 18.7 | +103 | ||
Certificate Level, nfd | 97 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 147 | 3.2 | 2.3 | -50 | ||
No qualification | 1,865 | 38.1 | 27.0 | 1,834 | 40.1 | 31.1 | +31 | ||
Inadequately described or not stated | 181 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 181 | 4.0 | 2.9 | -- | ||
Total Persons | 4,898 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 4,575 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +323 | ||
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 Cowra Shire 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, 58.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 38.1% 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 Cowra Shire and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (16.6% compared to 38.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (38.1% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (27.6% compared to 18.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Inadequately described or not stated (3.7% compared to 2.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Cowra Shire between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+160 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+103 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+67 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (-50 local workers)