Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area

Local workers - Qualifications - All industries

In Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area, the workforce has a lower proportion with University qualifications compared to NSW.

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 Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area.

Data source

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work

Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
reset
Did you know? By clicking/tapping on a data row in the table you will be able to see sub categories.
Local workers qualifications
Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area - All industries 20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%. NSWNumber%. NSW2016 - 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree4,96928.838.43,47823.732.6+1,491
Advanced Diploma or Diploma1,6599.611.01,49210.111.1+167
Certificate I and II Level1911.11.22111.41.2-20
Certificate III & IV Level4,05723.518.13,61524.618.7+442
Certificate Level, nfd3151.81.93052.12.3+10
No qualification5,68733.027.05,23635.631.1+451
Inadequately described or not stated3772.22.33652.52.9+12
Total Persons17,255100.0100.014,702100.0100.0+2,553

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
Did you know? By clicking/tapping on a category in the chart below you will be able to drilldown to the sub categories.
loading animation
loading animation

Dominant groups

Analysis of the qualifications of the in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area 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, 64.9% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 33.0% had no qualifications, compared with 70.7% and 27.0% respectively for NSW.

The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area and NSW were:

  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (28.8% compared to 38.4%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (33.0% compared to 27.0%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (23.5% compared to 18.1%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (9.6% compared to 11.0%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Bachelor or Higher degree (+1,491 local workers)
  • No qualification (+451 local workers)
  • Certificate III & IV Level (+442 local workers)
  • Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+167 local workers)

Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council

economic profile