RDA Murraylands and Riverland region

Local workers - Qualifications - All industries

In the RDA Murraylands and Riverland region, the workforce has a lower proportion with University qualifications compared to South Australia.

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 Murraylands and Riverland region.

Data source

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

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Local workers qualifications
RDA Murraylands and Riverland region - All industries 20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%. South AustraliaNumber%. South Australia2016 - 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree4,56816.030.63,76113.625.9+807
Advanced Diploma or Diploma2,5238.810.32,5279.110.6-4
Certificate I and II Level6252.21.55702.11.5+55
Certificate III & IV Level7,63726.721.66,54123.621.4+1,096
Certificate Level, nfd5592.01.77122.62.2-153
No qualification11,90241.632.212,57145.435.8-669
Inadequately described or not stated7722.72.11,0063.62.7-234
Total Persons28,586100.0100.027,688100.0100.0+898

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 Murraylands and Riverland 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, 55.7% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 41.6% 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 the RDA Murraylands and Riverland region and South Australia were:

  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (16.0% compared to 30.6%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (41.6% compared to 32.2%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (26.7% compared to 21.6%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (8.8% compared to 10.3%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the RDA Murraylands and Riverland region between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Certificate III & IV Level (+1,096 local workers)
  • Bachelor or Higher degree (+807 local workers)
  • No qualification (-669 local workers)
  • Certificate Level, nfd (-153 local workers)

RDA Murraylands and Riverland

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