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 City of Ipswich.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Ipswich - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Queensland | Number | % | Queensland | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 19,587 | 26.0 | 29.3 | 13,465 | 21.6 | 25.1 | +6,122 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 8,815 | 11.7 | 11.3 | 6,728 | 10.8 | 10.9 | +2,087 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 1,506 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 963 | 1.5 | 1.3 | +543 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 18,398 | 24.4 | 23.2 | 14,888 | 23.9 | 23.0 | +3,510 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,385 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1,337 | 2.1 | 2.0 | +48 | ||
| No qualification | 24,098 | 32.0 | 30.7 | 23,288 | 37.4 | 35.0 | +810 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,560 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1,648 | 2.6 | 2.7 | -88 | ||
| Total Persons | 75,349 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 62,317 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +13,032 | ||
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 City of Ipswich 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, 65.9% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 32.0% 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 City of Ipswich and Queensland were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (26.0% compared to 29.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (32.0% compared to 30.7%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (24.4% compared to 23.2%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate I and II Level (2.0% compared to 1.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Ipswich between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+6,122 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+3,510 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+2,087 local workers)
- No qualification (+810 local workers)