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 Moreton Bay.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moreton Bay - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Queensland | Number | % | Queensland | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 31,978 | 23.6 | 29.3 | 22,656 | 20.1 | 25.1 | +9,322 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 15,968 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 12,497 | 11.1 | 10.9 | +3,471 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 2,412 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1,725 | 1.5 | 1.3 | +687 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 34,928 | 25.8 | 23.2 | 28,379 | 25.1 | 23.0 | +6,549 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 2,725 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2,444 | 2.2 | 2.0 | +281 | ||
| No qualification | 44,619 | 32.9 | 30.7 | 42,246 | 37.4 | 35.0 | +2,373 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 2,945 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 3,025 | 2.7 | 2.7 | -80 | ||
| Total Persons | 135,575 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 112,972 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +22,603 | ||
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 Moreton Bay in 2021 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, 64.9% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 32.9% had no qualifications, compared with 67.1% and 30.7% respectively for Queensland.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the Moreton Bay and Queensland were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (23.6% compared to 29.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (25.8% compared to 23.2%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (32.9% compared to 30.7%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (11.8% compared to 11.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the Moreton Bay between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+9,322 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+6,549 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+3,471 local workers)
- No qualification (+2,373 local workers)