RDA Northern Territory
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 Northern Territory.
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 Northern Territory - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Northern Territory | Number | % | Northern Territory | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 34,760 | 32.1 | 31.6 | 27,188 | 25.6 | 25.2 | +7,572 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 11,579 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 11,057 | 10.4 | 10.3 | +522 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 1,948 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1,847 | 1.7 | 1.7 | +101 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 23,894 | 22.1 | 22.5 | 26,025 | 24.5 | 25.1 | -2,131 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,850 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2,237 | 2.1 | 2.1 | -387 | ||
| No qualification | 31,290 | 28.9 | 29.0 | 33,899 | 32.0 | 32.0 | -2,609 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 2,912 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3,769 | 3.6 | 3.6 | -857 | ||
| Total Persons | 108,233 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 106,022 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +2,211 | ||
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 Northern Territory in 2021 compared to Northern Territory shows that there was a similar proportion holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a similar proportion with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 68.4% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 28.9% had no qualifications, compared with 68.2% and 29.0% respectively for Northern Territory.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the RDA Northern Territory and Northern Territory were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (32.1% compared to 31.6%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (22.1% compared to 22.5%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (28.9% compared to 29.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (10.7% compared to 10.6%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the RDA Northern Territory between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+7,572 local workers)
- No qualification (-2,609 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (-2,131 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+522 local workers)