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 Redland City.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redland City - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Queensland | Number | % | Queensland | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 11,070 | 24.6 | 29.3 | 8,488 | 20.9 | 25.1 | +2,582 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 5,814 | 12.9 | 11.3 | 4,793 | 11.8 | 10.9 | +1,021 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 718 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 601 | 1.5 | 1.3 | +117 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 10,910 | 24.2 | 23.2 | 9,543 | 23.5 | 23.0 | +1,367 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 884 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 948 | 2.3 | 2.0 | -64 | ||
| No qualification | 14,703 | 32.6 | 30.7 | 15,189 | 37.4 | 35.0 | -486 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 951 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1,023 | 2.5 | 2.7 | -72 | ||
| Total Persons | 45,050 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 40,585 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +4,465 | ||
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 Redland City 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, 65.3% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 32.6% had no qualifications, compared with 67.1% and 30.7% respectively for Queensland.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Redland City and Queensland were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (24.6% compared to 29.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (32.6% compared to 30.7%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (12.9% compared to 11.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (24.2% compared to 23.2%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Redland City between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+2,582 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+1,367 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+1,021 local workers)
- No qualification (-486 local workers)