Northern Tasmania Region
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 the Northern Tasmania Region.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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| Northern Tasmania Region - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Tasmania | Number | % | Tasmania | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 16,296 | 25.5 | 29.3 | 11,370 | 20.6 | 22.6 | +4,926 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 5,861 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 5,036 | 9.1 | 9.2 | +825 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 1,300 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1,005 | 1.8 | 1.8 | +295 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 15,629 | 24.5 | 24.0 | 13,060 | 23.7 | 24.0 | +2,569 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,024 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1,260 | 2.3 | 2.3 | -236 | ||
| No qualification | 22,262 | 34.8 | 31.8 | 21,693 | 39.4 | 37.2 | +569 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,535 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1,693 | 3.1 | 2.9 | -158 | ||
| Total Persons | 63,907 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 55,117 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +8,790 | ||
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 Northern Tasmania Region in 2021 compared to Tasmania 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 34.8% had no qualifications, compared with 65.8% and 31.8% respectively for Tasmania.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the Northern Tasmania Region and Tasmania were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (25.5% compared to 29.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (34.8% compared to 31.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (24.5% compared to 24.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate I and II Level (2.0% compared to 1.8%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the Northern Tasmania Region between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+4,926 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+2,569 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+825 local workers)
- No qualification (+569 local workers)