RDA Sunshine Coast Region

Local workers - Qualifications - All industries

In the RDA Sunshine Coast Region, the workforce has a lower proportion with University qualifications compared to Queensland.

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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Local workers qualifications
RDA Sunshine Coast Region - All industries 20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%. QueenslandNumber%. Queensland2016 - 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree43,03327.029.329,98522.925.1+13,048
Advanced Diploma or Diploma20,27212.711.316,32912.510.9+3,943
Certificate I and II Level2,5231.61.51,8281.41.3+695
Certificate III & IV Level38,91324.423.231,42624.023.0+7,487
Certificate Level, nfd3,2652.11.83,0682.32.0+197
No qualification47,51129.830.744,82134.235.0+2,690
Inadequately described or not stated3,6562.32.23,5272.72.7+129
Total Persons159,173100.0100.0130,984100.0100.0+28,189

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 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)

RDA Sunshine Coast Region

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