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 Gold Coast City.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast City - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Queensland | Number | % | Queensland | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 76,971 | 28.1 | 29.3 | 54,678 | 23.2 | 25.1 | +22,293 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 37,122 | 13.5 | 11.3 | 29,733 | 12.6 | 10.9 | +7,389 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 3,730 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2,824 | 1.2 | 1.3 | +906 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 60,221 | 22.0 | 23.2 | 52,200 | 22.2 | 23.0 | +8,021 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 5,730 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 5,690 | 2.4 | 2.0 | +40 | ||
| No qualification | 83,864 | 30.6 | 30.7 | 83,486 | 35.4 | 35.0 | +378 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 6,713 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 6,915 | 2.9 | 2.7 | -202 | ||
| Total Persons | 274,351 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 235,526 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +38,825 | ||
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 Gold Coast City in 2021 compared to Queensland shows that there was a similar proportion holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a similar proportion with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 67.0% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 30.6% had no qualifications, compared with 67.1% and 30.7% respectively for Queensland.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Gold Coast City and Queensland were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (13.5% compared to 11.3%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (28.1% compared to 29.3%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (22.0% compared to 23.2%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate Level, nfd (2.1% compared to 1.8%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Gold Coast City between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+22,293 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+8,021 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+7,389 local workers)
- Certificate I and II Level (+906 local workers)