In Lismore City, the workforce has a lower proportion with University qualifications compared to New South Wales.
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 Lismore City.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lismore City - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 5,600 | 27.9 | 32.6 | 5,054 | 24.9 | 27.9 | +546 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 2,178 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 1,921 | 9.4 | 10.5 | +257 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 370 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 404 | 2.0 | 1.4 | -34 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 4,539 | 22.6 | 18.7 | 4,309 | 21.2 | 18.8 | +230 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 559 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 405 | 2.0 | 1.9 | +154 | ||
| No qualification | 6,247 | 31.1 | 31.1 | 7,294 | 35.9 | 34.9 | -1,047 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 587 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 951 | 4.7 | 4.5 | -364 | ||
| Total Persons | 20,080 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 20,338 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -258 | ||
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 Lismore City in 2016 compared to New South Wales shows that there was a higher proportion holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a lower proportion with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 66.0% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 31.1% had no qualifications, compared with 65.9% and 31.1% respectively for New South Wales.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Lismore City and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (27.9% compared to 32.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (22.6% compared to 18.7%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate I and II Level (1.8% compared to 1.2%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate Level, nfd (2.8% compared to 2.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Lismore City between 2011 and 2016 were:
- No qualification (-1,047 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+546 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+257 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+230 local workers)