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 Nambucca Valley.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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Nambucca Valley - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
Bachelor or Higher degree | 1,208 | 21.6 | 38.4 | 961 | 17.4 | 32.6 | +247 | ||
Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 567 | 10.1 | 11.0 | 549 | 9.9 | 11.1 | +18 | ||
Certificate I and II Level | 115 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 107 | 1.9 | 1.2 | +8 | ||
Certificate III & IV Level | 1,519 | 27.1 | 18.1 | 1,528 | 27.6 | 18.7 | -9 | ||
Certificate Level, nfd | 110 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 169 | 3.1 | 2.3 | -59 | ||
No qualification | 1,878 | 33.5 | 27.0 | 1,987 | 35.9 | 31.1 | -109 | ||
Inadequately described or not stated | 208 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 228 | 4.1 | 2.9 | -20 | ||
Total Persons | 5,605 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 5,529 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +76 | ||
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 |
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the qualifications of the in the Nambucca Valley in 2021 compared to New South Wales 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, 62.8% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 33.5% had no qualifications, compared with 70.7% and 27.0% respectively for New South Wales.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the Nambucca Valley and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (21.6% compared to 38.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (27.1% compared to 18.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (33.5% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Inadequately described or not stated (3.7% compared to 2.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the Nambucca Valley between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+247 local workers)
- No qualification (-109 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (-59 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+18 local workers)