RDA Darling Downs and South West Region
Local workers - Qualifications - Other Services
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 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RDA Darling Downs and South West Region - Other Services | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Queensland | Number | % | Queensland | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 341 | 7.5 | 12.3 | 321 | 7.6 | 9.7 | +20 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 399 | 8.8 | 11.5 | 319 | 7.5 | 9.3 | +80 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 65 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 53 | 1.3 | 1.2 | +12 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 2,203 | 48.5 | 43.5 | 1,921 | 45.3 | 43.5 | +282 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 108 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 55 | 1.3 | 1.5 | +53 | ||
| No qualification | 1,344 | 29.6 | 27.2 | 1,456 | 34.4 | 31.7 | -112 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 81 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 113 | 2.7 | 3.1 | -32 | ||
| Total Persons | 4,541 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 4,238 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +303 | ||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2016. 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 RDA Darling Downs and South West Region in 2016 compared to Queensland shows that there was a higher proportion holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a lower proportion with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 68.6% of the workers (Other Services) who held educational qualifications, and 29.6% had no qualifications, compared with 70.4% and 27.2% respectively for Queensland.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce (Other Services) of the RDA Darling Downs and South West Region and Queensland were:
- A larger percentage of local workers (Other Services) with Certificate III & IV Level (48.5% compared to 43.5%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers (Other Services) with Bachelor or Higher degree (7.5% compared to 12.3%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers (Other Services) with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (8.8% compared to 11.5%)
- A larger percentage of local workers (Other Services) with No qualification (29.6% compared to 27.2%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the Other Services workforce in the RDA Darling Downs and South West Region between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Certificate III & IV Level (+282 local workers)
- No qualification (-112 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+80 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (+53 local workers)