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 RDA BGLAP Region.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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| RDA BGLAP Region - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | South Australia | Number | % | South Australia | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 5,280 | 20.2 | 30.6 | 4,050 | 17.3 | 25.9 | +1,230 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 2,566 | 9.8 | 10.3 | 2,358 | 10.1 | 10.6 | +208 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 515 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 458 | 2.0 | 1.5 | +57 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 6,715 | 25.7 | 21.6 | 5,549 | 23.7 | 21.4 | +1,166 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 525 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 614 | 2.6 | 2.2 | -89 | ||
| No qualification | 10,003 | 38.2 | 32.2 | 9,587 | 41.0 | 35.8 | +416 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 560 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 775 | 3.3 | 2.7 | -215 | ||
| Total Persons | 26,164 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 23,391 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +2,773 | ||
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 RDA BGLAP Region in 2021 compared to South Australia 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, 59.6% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 38.2% had no qualifications, compared with 65.8% and 32.2% respectively for South Australia.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of RDA BGLAP Region and South Australia were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (20.2% compared to 30.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (38.2% compared to 32.2%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (25.7% compared to 21.6%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (9.8% compared to 10.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in RDA BGLAP Region between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+1,230 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+1,166 local workers)
- No qualification (+416 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+208 local workers)