Port Macquarie-Hastings 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 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council area.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Gender:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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| Port Macquarie-Hastings Council area - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 5,668 | 20.6 | 32.6 | 4,436 | 17.2 | 27.9 | +1,232 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 3,243 | 11.8 | 11.1 | 2,663 | 10.3 | 10.5 | +580 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 522 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 517 | 2.0 | 1.4 | +5 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 7,429 | 27.0 | 18.7 | 6,708 | 26.1 | 18.8 | +721 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 803 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 623 | 2.4 | 1.9 | +180 | ||
| No qualification | 8,981 | 32.7 | 31.1 | 9,544 | 37.1 | 34.9 | -563 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 855 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 1,245 | 4.8 | 4.5 | -390 | ||
| Total Persons | 27,501 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 25,736 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,765 | ||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2016. 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 Port Macquarie-Hastings Council area in 2016 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, 64.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 32.7% had no qualifications, compared with 65.9% and 31.1% respectively for New South Wales.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Port Macquarie-Hastings Council area and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (20.6% compared to 32.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (27.0% compared to 18.7%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (32.7% compared to 31.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate I and II Level (1.9% compared to 1.2%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Port Macquarie-Hastings Council area between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+1,232 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+721 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+580 local workers)
- No qualification (-563 local workers)