RDA Townsville North West 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 Townsville North West Region.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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| RDA Townsville North West Region - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Queensland | Number | % | Queensland | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 28,119 | 22.9 | 29.3 | 23,670 | 20.6 | 25.1 | +4,449 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 11,598 | 9.5 | 11.3 | 10,612 | 9.2 | 10.9 | +986 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 2,125 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1,654 | 1.4 | 1.3 | +471 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 32,466 | 26.5 | 23.2 | 29,536 | 25.6 | 23.0 | +2,930 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,931 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2,008 | 1.7 | 2.0 | -77 | ||
| No qualification | 43,770 | 35.7 | 30.7 | 44,797 | 38.9 | 35.0 | -1,027 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 2,594 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2,903 | 2.5 | 2.7 | -309 | ||
| Total Persons | 122,603 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 115,180 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +7,423 | ||
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 Townsville North West Region 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, 62.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 35.7% had no qualifications, compared with 67.1% and 30.7% respectively for Queensland.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the RDA Townsville North West Region and Queensland were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (22.9% compared to 29.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (35.7% compared to 30.7%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (26.5% compared to 23.2%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (9.5% compared to 11.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the RDA Townsville North West Region between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+4,449 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+2,930 local workers)
- No qualification (-1,027 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+986 local workers)