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 Kempsey Shire.
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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempsey Shire - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 1,929 | 18.6 | 38.4 | 1,529 | 16.4 | 32.6 | +400 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 1,038 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 921 | 9.9 | 11.1 | +117 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 208 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 216 | 2.3 | 1.2 | -8 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 3,058 | 29.5 | 18.1 | 2,645 | 28.4 | 18.7 | +413 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 245 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 284 | 3.0 | 2.3 | -39 | ||
| No qualification | 3,532 | 34.1 | 27.0 | 3,374 | 36.2 | 31.1 | +158 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 351 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 358 | 3.8 | 2.9 | -7 | ||
| Total Persons | 10,361 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 9,327 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,034 | ||
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 Kempsey Shire in 2021 compared to New South Wales 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, 62.5% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 34.1% had no qualifications, compared with 70.7% and 27.0% respectively for New South Wales.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Kempsey Shire and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (18.6% compared to 38.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (29.5% compared to 18.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (34.1% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Inadequately described or not stated (3.4% compared to 2.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Kempsey Shire between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Certificate III & IV Level (+413 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+400 local workers)
- No qualification (+158 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+117 local workers)