RDA Darling Downs and South West Region

Local workers - Qualifications - All industries

In the RDA Darling Downs and South West Region, the workforce has a lower proportion with University qualifications compared to Queensland.

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 RDA Darling Downs and South West Region.

Data source

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

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Local workers qualifications
RDA Darling Downs and South West Region - All industries 20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%. QueenslandNumber%. Queensland2016 - 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree28,67322.829.322,91219.725.1+5,761
Advanced Diploma or Diploma12,89710.311.311,63510.010.9+1,262
Certificate I and II Level2,4051.91.51,8691.61.3+536
Certificate III & IV Level33,00126.223.228,75824.723.0+4,243
Certificate Level, nfd2,2881.81.82,4462.12.0-158
No qualification43,72834.830.745,35039.035.0-1,622
Inadequately described or not stated2,7452.22.23,3272.92.7-582
Total Persons125,737100.0100.0116,297100.0100.0+9,440

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions)

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Dominant groups

Analysis of the qualifications of the in the RDA Darling Downs and South West Region in 2021 compared to Queensland 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, 63.0% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 34.8% had no qualifications, compared with 67.1% and 30.7% respectively for Queensland.

The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the RDA Darling Downs and South West Region and Queensland were:

  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (22.8% compared to 29.3%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (34.8% compared to 30.7%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (26.2% compared to 23.2%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (10.3% compared to 11.3%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the RDA Darling Downs and South West Region between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Bachelor or Higher degree (+5,761 local workers)
  • Certificate III & IV Level (+4,243 local workers)
  • No qualification (-1,622 local workers)
  • Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+1,262 local workers)

RDA Darling Downs and South West Region

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