Cradle Coast Region
Local workers - Qualifications - All industries
In the Cradle Coast Region, the workforce has a lower proportion with University qualifications compared to Tasmania.
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 Cradle Coast Region.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cradle Coast Region - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Tasmania | Number | % | Tasmania | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 6,210 | 14.6 | 22.6 | 5,628 | 12.8 | 19.8 | +582 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 3,845 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 3,307 | 7.5 | 8.2 | +538 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 881 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 933 | 2.1 | 1.8 | -52 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 11,688 | 27.5 | 24.0 | 11,610 | 26.4 | 23.1 | +78 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,071 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 674 | 1.5 | 1.4 | +397 | ||
| No qualification | 17,333 | 40.9 | 37.2 | 19,965 | 45.4 | 41.6 | -2,632 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,399 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 1,867 | 4.2 | 4.1 | -468 | ||
| Total Persons | 42,427 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 43,984 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -1,557 | ||
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 the Cradle Coast Region in 2016 compared to Tasmania 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, 55.8% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 40.9% had no qualifications, compared with 59.9% and 37.2% respectively for Tasmania.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the Cradle Coast Region and Tasmania were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (14.6% compared to 22.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (40.9% compared to 37.2%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (27.5% compared to 24.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Inadequately described or not stated (3.3% compared to 2.9%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the Cradle Coast Region between 2011 and 2016 were:
- No qualification (-2,632 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+582 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+538 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (+397 local workers)