Rockhampton Regional Council area
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 Rockhampton Regional Council area.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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| Rockhampton Regional Council area - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Queensland | Number | % | Queensland | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 8,758 | 22.4 | 29.3 | 7,362 | 20.1 | 25.1 | +1,396 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 3,635 | 9.3 | 11.3 | 3,289 | 9.0 | 10.9 | +346 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 832 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 620 | 1.7 | 1.3 | +212 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 10,172 | 26.0 | 23.2 | 8,926 | 24.4 | 23.0 | +1,246 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 651 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 683 | 1.9 | 2.0 | -32 | ||
| No qualification | 14,252 | 36.4 | 30.7 | 14,753 | 40.3 | 35.0 | -501 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 822 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 935 | 2.6 | 2.7 | -113 | ||
| Total Persons | 39,122 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 36,568 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +2,554 | ||
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 Rockhampton Regional Council area 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, 61.5% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 36.4% had no qualifications, compared with 67.1% and 30.7% respectively for Queensland.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Rockhampton Regional Council area and Queensland were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (22.4% compared to 29.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (36.4% compared to 30.7%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (26.0% compared to 23.2%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (9.3% compared to 11.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Rockhampton Regional Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+1,396 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+1,246 local workers)
- No qualification (-501 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+346 local workers)