RDA Sunshine Coast 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 Sunshine Coast Region.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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RDA Sunshine Coast Region - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
Qualification level | Number | % | Queensland | Number | % | Queensland | 2016 - 2021 | ||
Bachelor or Higher degree | 43,033 | 27.0 | 29.3 | 29,985 | 22.9 | 25.1 | +13,048 | ||
Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 20,272 | 12.7 | 11.3 | 16,329 | 12.5 | 10.9 | +3,943 | ||
Certificate I and II Level | 2,523 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1,828 | 1.4 | 1.3 | +695 | ||
Certificate III & IV Level | 38,913 | 24.4 | 23.2 | 31,426 | 24.0 | 23.0 | +7,487 | ||
Certificate Level, nfd | 3,265 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 3,068 | 2.3 | 2.0 | +197 | ||
No qualification | 47,511 | 29.8 | 30.7 | 44,821 | 34.2 | 35.0 | +2,690 | ||
Inadequately described or not stated | 3,656 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 3,527 | 2.7 | 2.7 | +129 | ||
Total Persons | 159,173 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 130,984 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +28,189 | ||
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 Sunshine Coast Region in 2021 compared to Queensland 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, 67.9% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 29.8% 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 Sunshine Coast Region and Queensland were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (27.0% compared to 29.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (12.7% compared to 11.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (24.4% compared to 23.2%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (29.8% compared to 30.7%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the RDA Sunshine Coast Region between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+13,048 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+7,487 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+3,943 local workers)
- No qualification (+2,690 local workers)