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 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Launceston - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Tasmania | Number | % | Tasmania | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 11,842 | 29.2 | 29.3 | 8,172 | 23.8 | 22.6 | +3,670 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 3,865 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 3,240 | 9.5 | 9.2 | +625 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 782 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 589 | 1.7 | 1.8 | +193 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 9,396 | 23.2 | 24.0 | 7,730 | 22.6 | 24.0 | +1,666 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 646 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 806 | 2.4 | 2.3 | -160 | ||
| No qualification | 13,116 | 32.3 | 31.8 | 12,805 | 37.4 | 37.2 | +311 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 927 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 929 | 2.7 | 2.9 | -2 | ||
| Total Persons | 40,574 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 34,271 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +6,303 | ||
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 Launceston in 2021 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, 65.4% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 32.3% had no qualifications, compared with 65.8% and 31.8% 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 (23.2% compared to 24.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (32.3% compared to 31.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (9.5% compared to 9.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (29.2% compared to 29.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Launceston between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+3,670 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+1,666 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+625 local workers)
- No qualification (+311 local workers)