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 Launceston.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Gender:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Launceston - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Tasmania | Number | % | Tasmania | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 8,172 | 23.8 | 22.6 | 7,391 | 21.0 | 19.8 | +781 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 3,240 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 2,901 | 8.3 | 8.2 | +339 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 589 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 624 | 1.8 | 1.8 | -35 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 7,730 | 22.6 | 24.0 | 7,714 | 22.0 | 23.1 | +16 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 806 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 509 | 1.4 | 1.4 | +297 | ||
| No qualification | 12,805 | 37.4 | 37.2 | 14,676 | 41.8 | 41.6 | -1,871 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 929 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 1,316 | 3.7 | 4.1 | -387 | ||
| Total Persons | 34,271 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 35,131 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -860 | ||
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 the City of Launceston in 2016 compared to Tasmania 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, 59.9% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 37.4% had no qualifications, compared with 59.9% and 37.2% respectively for Tasmania.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the City of Launceston and Tasmania were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (22.6% compared to 24.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (23.8% compared to 22.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (9.5% compared to 9.2%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Inadequately described or not stated (2.7% compared to 2.9%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Launceston between 2011 and 2016 were:
- No qualification (-1,871 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+781 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+339 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (+297 local workers)