District Council of Loxton Waikerie
Local workers - Qualifications - All industries
In the District Council of Loxton Waikerie, 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 District Council of Loxton Waikerie.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District Council of Loxton Waikerie - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | South Australia | Number | % | South Australia | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 570 | 12.7 | 25.9 | 459 | 10.0 | 22.1 | +111 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 433 | 9.6 | 10.6 | 323 | 7.0 | 9.4 | +110 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 87 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 80 | 1.7 | 1.6 | +7 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 997 | 22.2 | 21.4 | 919 | 20.0 | 20.0 | +78 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 94 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 82 | 1.8 | 1.9 | +12 | ||
| No qualification | 2,154 | 48.0 | 35.8 | 2,534 | 55.3 | 41.0 | -380 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 154 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 189 | 4.1 | 3.9 | -35 | ||
| Total Persons | 4,489 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 4,586 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -97 | ||
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 District Council of Loxton Waikerie in 2016 compared to South Australia 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, 48.6% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 48.0% had no qualifications, compared with 61.5% and 35.8% respectively for South Australia.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the District Council of Loxton Waikerie and South Australia were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (12.7% compared to 25.9%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (48.0% compared to 35.8%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (9.6% compared to 10.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (22.2% compared to 21.4%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the District Council of Loxton Waikerie between 2011 and 2016 were:
- No qualification (-380 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+111 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+110 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+78 local workers)