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 Lismore City.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lismore City - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | NSW | Number | % | NSW | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 6,774 | 31.5 | 38.4 | 5,600 | 27.9 | 32.6 | +1,174 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 2,285 | 10.6 | 11.0 | 2,178 | 10.8 | 11.1 | +107 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 348 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 370 | 1.8 | 1.2 | -22 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 4,857 | 22.6 | 18.1 | 4,539 | 22.6 | 18.7 | +318 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 482 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 559 | 2.8 | 2.3 | -77 | ||
| No qualification | 6,322 | 29.4 | 27.0 | 6,247 | 31.1 | 31.1 | +75 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 466 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 587 | 2.9 | 2.9 | -121 | ||
| Total Persons | 21,534 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 20,080 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,454 | ||
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 Lismore City in 2021 compared to NSW 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, 68.5% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 29.4% had no qualifications, compared with 70.7% and 27.0% respectively for NSW.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the Lismore City and NSW were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (31.5% compared to 38.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (22.6% compared to 18.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (29.4% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate I and II Level (1.6% compared to 1.2%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the Lismore City between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+1,174 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+318 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+107 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (-77 local workers)