Gladstone Regional Council area
Local workers - Qualifications - All industries
In Gladstone Regional Council area, the workforce has a lower proportion with University qualifications compared to Queensland.
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 Gladstone Regional Council area.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gladstone Regional Council area - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Queensland | Number | % | Queensland | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 4,220 | 15.9 | 25.1 | 3,649 | 13.1 | 21.5 | +571 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 2,329 | 8.8 | 10.9 | 1,837 | 6.6 | 9.3 | +492 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 463 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 428 | 1.5 | 1.5 | +35 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 8,539 | 32.1 | 23.0 | 8,222 | 29.4 | 21.6 | +317 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 474 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 381 | 1.4 | 1.7 | +93 | ||
| No qualification | 9,806 | 36.9 | 35.0 | 12,279 | 44.0 | 40.6 | -2,473 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 758 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 1,142 | 4.1 | 3.8 | -384 | ||
| Total Persons | 26,589 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 27,938 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -1,349 | ||
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 Gladstone Regional Council area in 2016 compared to Queensland 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, 60.3% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 36.9% had no qualifications, compared with 62.3% and 35.0% respectively for Queensland.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Gladstone Regional Council area and Queensland were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (15.9% compared to 25.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (32.1% compared to 23.0%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (8.8% compared to 10.9%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (36.9% compared to 35.0%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Gladstone Regional Council area between 2011 and 2016 were:
- No qualification (-2,473 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+571 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+492 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+317 local workers)