RDA Murraylands and Riverland region
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 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 | |||||||||
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| RDA Murraylands and Riverland region - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | South Australia | Number | % | South Australia | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 4,568 | 16.0 | 30.6 | 3,761 | 13.6 | 25.9 | +807 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 2,523 | 8.8 | 10.3 | 2,527 | 9.1 | 10.6 | -4 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 625 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 570 | 2.1 | 1.5 | +55 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 7,637 | 26.7 | 21.6 | 6,541 | 23.6 | 21.4 | +1,096 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 559 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 712 | 2.6 | 2.2 | -153 | ||
| No qualification | 11,902 | 41.6 | 32.2 | 12,571 | 45.4 | 35.8 | -669 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 772 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1,006 | 3.6 | 2.7 | -234 | ||
| Total Persons | 28,586 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 27,688 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +898 | ||
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 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)