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 FNQROC.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FNQROC - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Queensland | Number | % | Queensland | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 27,799 | 23.7 | 29.3 | 22,301 | 20.4 | 25.1 | +5,498 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 13,580 | 11.6 | 11.3 | 12,062 | 11.1 | 10.9 | +1,518 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 2,113 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1,691 | 1.6 | 1.3 | +422 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 29,900 | 25.5 | 23.2 | 26,885 | 24.7 | 23.0 | +3,015 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 2,117 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2,353 | 2.2 | 2.0 | -236 | ||
| No qualification | 38,593 | 32.9 | 30.7 | 39,876 | 36.6 | 35.0 | -1,283 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 3,243 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 3,892 | 3.6 | 2.7 | -649 | ||
| Total Persons | 117,345 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 109,060 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +8,285 | ||
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 the FNQROC in 2021 compared to Queensland 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, 64.3% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 32.9% had no qualifications, compared with 67.1% and 30.7% respectively for Queensland.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the FNQROC and Queensland were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (23.7% compared to 29.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (25.5% compared to 23.2%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (32.9% compared to 30.7%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Inadequately described or not stated (2.8% compared to 2.2%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the FNQROC between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+5,498 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+3,015 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+1,518 local workers)
- No qualification (-1,283 local workers)