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 Logan City.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Gender:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan City - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Queensland | Number | % | Queensland | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 18,801 | 21.1 | 25.1 | 14,342 | 17.2 | 21.5 | +4,459 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 9,663 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 7,343 | 8.8 | 9.3 | +2,320 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 1,289 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1,467 | 1.8 | 1.5 | -178 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 20,995 | 23.6 | 23.0 | 17,758 | 21.4 | 21.6 | +3,237 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,994 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1,544 | 1.9 | 1.7 | +450 | ||
| No qualification | 33,913 | 38.1 | 35.0 | 37,210 | 44.8 | 40.6 | -3,297 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 2,440 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3,485 | 4.2 | 3.8 | -1,045 | ||
| Total Persons | 89,095 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 83,149 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +5,946 | ||
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 Logan City in 2016 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, 59.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 38.1% had no qualifications, compared with 62.3% and 35.0% respectively for Queensland.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the Logan City and Queensland were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (21.1% compared to 25.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (38.1% compared to 35.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (23.6% compared to 23.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate Level, nfd (2.2% compared to 2.0%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the Logan City between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+4,459 local workers)
- No qualification (-3,297 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+3,237 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+2,320 local workers)