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 Mareeba (S).
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mareeba (S) - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Queensland | Number | % | Queensland | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 1,499 | 18.9 | 29.3 | 1,213 | 16.4 | 25.1 | +286 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 910 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 751 | 10.2 | 10.9 | +159 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 122 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 113 | 1.5 | 1.3 | +9 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 2,038 | 25.6 | 23.2 | 1,791 | 24.3 | 23.0 | +247 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 134 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 159 | 2.2 | 2.0 | -25 | ||
| No qualification | 3,000 | 37.7 | 30.7 | 3,045 | 41.3 | 35.0 | -45 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 246 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 309 | 4.2 | 2.7 | -63 | ||
| Total Persons | 7,949 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 7,381 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +568 | ||
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 Mareeba (S) in 2021 compared to Queensland 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, 59.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 37.7% had no qualifications, compared with 67.1% and 30.7% respectively for Queensland.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Mareeba (S) and Queensland were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (18.9% compared to 29.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (37.7% compared to 30.7%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (25.6% compared to 23.2%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Inadequately described or not stated (3.1% compared to 2.2%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Mareeba (S) between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+286 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+247 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+159 local workers)
- No qualification (-45 local workers)