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 Paroo Shire.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paroo Shire - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Queensland | Number | % | Queensland | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 106 | 16.3 | 29.3 | 90 | 12.3 | 25.1 | +16 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 75 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 81 | 11.1 | 10.9 | -6 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 15 | 2.0 | 1.3 | -6 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 155 | 23.8 | 23.2 | 153 | 20.9 | 23.0 | +2 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 12 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 18 | 2.5 | 2.0 | -6 | ||
| No qualification | 264 | 40.5 | 30.7 | 347 | 47.3 | 35.0 | -83 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 31 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 29 | 4.0 | 2.7 | +2 | ||
| Total Persons | 652 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 733 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -81 | ||
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 Paroo Shire 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, 54.8% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 40.5% had no qualifications, compared with 67.1% and 30.7% respectively for Queensland.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Paroo Shire and Queensland were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (16.3% compared to 29.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (40.5% compared to 30.7%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Inadequately described or not stated (4.8% compared to 2.2%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (23.8% compared to 23.2%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Paroo Shire between 2016 and 2021 were:
- No qualification (-83 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+16 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (-6 local workers)
- Certificate I and II Level (-6 local workers)