Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional 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 Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
Qualification level | Number | % | NSW | Number | % | NSW | 2016 - 2021 | ||
Bachelor or Higher degree | 4,969 | 28.8 | 38.4 | 3,478 | 23.7 | 32.6 | +1,491 | ||
Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 1,659 | 9.6 | 11.0 | 1,492 | 10.1 | 11.1 | +167 | ||
Certificate I and II Level | 191 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 211 | 1.4 | 1.2 | -20 | ||
Certificate III & IV Level | 4,057 | 23.5 | 18.1 | 3,615 | 24.6 | 18.7 | +442 | ||
Certificate Level, nfd | 315 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 305 | 2.1 | 2.3 | +10 | ||
No qualification | 5,687 | 33.0 | 27.0 | 5,236 | 35.6 | 31.1 | +451 | ||
Inadequately described or not stated | 377 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 365 | 2.5 | 2.9 | +12 | ||
Total Persons | 17,255 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 14,702 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +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 |
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)