Snowy Monaro Regional Council area

Local workers - Qualifications - All industries

In Snowy Monaro Regional Council area, the workforce has a lower proportion with University qualifications compared to NSW.

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 Snowy Monaro Regional Council area.

Data source

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work

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Local workers qualifications
Snowy Monaro Regional Council area - All industries 20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%. NSWNumber%. NSW2016 - 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree2,79724.538.41,89519.432.6+902
Advanced Diploma or Diploma1,17310.311.099110.211.1+182
Certificate I and II Level1811.61.22002.11.2-19
Certificate III & IV Level2,91725.518.12,55526.218.7+362
Certificate Level, nfd2402.11.92432.52.3-3
No qualification3,83133.527.03,48735.731.1+344
Inadequately described or not stated2862.52.33853.92.9-99
Total Persons11,425100.0100.09,756100.0100.0+1,669

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 Snowy Monaro Regional Council area in 2021 compared to NSW 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, 64.0% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 33.5% had no qualifications, compared with 70.7% and 27.0% respectively for NSW.

The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Snowy Monaro Regional Council area and NSW were:

  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (24.5% compared to 38.4%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (25.5% compared to 18.1%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (33.5% compared to 27.0%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (10.3% compared to 11.0%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Snowy Monaro Regional Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Bachelor or Higher degree (+902 local workers)
  • Certificate III & IV Level (+362 local workers)
  • No qualification (+344 local workers)
  • Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+182 local workers)

Snowy Monaro Regional Council

economic profile