Riverina and Murray 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 Riverina and Murray Region.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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| Riverina and Murray Region - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | New South Wales | Number | % | New South Wales | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 14,468 | 20.8 | 38.4 | 11,285 | 17.8 | 32.6 | +3,183 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 7,049 | 10.1 | 11.0 | 6,273 | 9.9 | 11.1 | +776 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 1,163 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1,092 | 1.7 | 1.2 | +71 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 17,824 | 25.7 | 18.1 | 16,134 | 25.4 | 18.7 | +1,690 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,320 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1,585 | 2.5 | 2.3 | -265 | ||
| No qualification | 25,826 | 37.2 | 27.0 | 24,815 | 39.1 | 31.1 | +1,011 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,836 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2,268 | 3.6 | 2.9 | -432 | ||
| Total Persons | 69,486 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 63,452 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +6,034 | ||
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 Riverina and Murray Region in 2021 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, 60.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 37.2% had no qualifications, compared with 70.7% and 27.0% respectively for New South Wales.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the Riverina and Murray Region and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (20.8% compared to 38.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (37.2% compared to 27.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (25.7% compared to 18.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (10.1% compared to 11.0%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the Riverina and Murray Region between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+3,183 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+1,690 local workers)
- No qualification (+1,011 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+776 local workers)