Noosa Shire Council area
Local workers - Qualifications - All industries
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 Noosa Shire Council area.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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Current benchmark:
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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| Noosa Shire Council area - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Queensland | Number | % | Queensland | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 5,864 | 25.6 | 29.3 | 4,287 | 21.3 | 25.1 | +1,577 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 3,009 | 13.1 | 11.3 | 2,555 | 12.7 | 10.9 | +454 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 339 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 262 | 1.3 | 1.3 | +77 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 5,458 | 23.8 | 23.2 | 4,806 | 23.9 | 23.0 | +652 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 508 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 506 | 2.5 | 2.0 | +2 | ||
| No qualification | 7,129 | 31.1 | 30.7 | 7,118 | 35.4 | 35.0 | +11 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 597 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 599 | 3.0 | 2.7 | -2 | ||
| Total Persons | 22,904 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 20,133 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +2,771 | ||
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 Noosa Shire Council area in 2021 compared to Queensland 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, 66.3% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 31.1% had no qualifications, compared with 67.1% and 30.7% respectively for Queensland.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Noosa Shire Council area and Queensland were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (25.6% compared to 29.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (13.1% compared to 11.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (23.8% compared to 23.2%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (31.1% compared to 30.7%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Noosa Shire Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+1,577 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+652 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+454 local workers)
- Certificate I and II Level (+77 local workers)