RDA Ipswich West Moreton
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 RDA Ipswich West Moreton .
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 Ipswich West Moreton - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Queensland | Number | % | Queensland | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 26,235 | 24.0 | 29.3 | 18,542 | 20.2 | 25.1 | +7,693 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 12,184 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 9,487 | 10.3 | 10.9 | +2,697 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 2,207 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1,487 | 1.6 | 1.3 | +720 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 26,884 | 24.6 | 23.2 | 21,576 | 23.5 | 23.0 | +5,308 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 2,064 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2,061 | 2.2 | 2.0 | +3 | ||
| No qualification | 37,188 | 34.0 | 30.7 | 36,070 | 39.2 | 35.0 | +1,118 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 2,545 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2,744 | 3.0 | 2.7 | -199 | ||
| Total Persons | 109,307 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 91,967 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +17,340 | ||
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 RDA Ipswich West Moreton 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, 63.7% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 34.0% 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 Ipswich West Moreton and Queensland were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (24.0% compared to 29.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (34.0% compared to 30.7%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (24.6% compared to 23.2%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate I and II Level (2.0% compared to 1.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the RDA Ipswich West Moreton between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+7,693 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+5,308 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+2,697 local workers)
- No qualification (+1,118 local workers)