Tasmania

Resident workers - Qualifications

65.9% of the resident workers (All industries) in Tasmania have qualifications, compared to 65.9% for Tasmania.

Education is an essential means of building the knowledge and skill levels of the labour force, which is a key factor in achieving future economic and social development.

The level of educational attainment for Tasmania's resident workforce relates to a number of factors including:

  • The age structure of the resident workforce;
  • The professional or social ambitions of people to obtain qualifications (that is, to seek education and retraining);
  • The opportunities afforded to people to continue studying beyond compulsory schooling, and;
  • The knowledge and skill requirements of the local industries.

Qualification should be looked at in conjunction with Income , Occupations and Field of qualification for a clearer picture of the knowledge and skill level of Tasmania's local resident workers.

When comparing the Qualifications of local resident worker with local workers, Qualifications statistics indicates whether an economy draws on the skills offered by its own residents or on a different set of skills imported from elsewhere in the region.

Data source

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 and 2021 – by usual residence

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Resident workers qualifications
Tasmania - Persons20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%. TasmaniaNumber%. Tasmania2016 - 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree74,92429.429.448,95222.622.6+25,972
Advanced Diploma or Diploma23,2299.19.119,9309.29.2+3,299
Certificate I and II Level4,6591.81.83,8071.81.8+852
Certificate III & IV Level60,89423.923.952,07824.124.1+8,816
Certificate Level, nfd4,0321.61.64,8662.22.3-834
No qualification80,74431.731.880,34337.137.1+401
Inadequately described or not stated5,9492.32.36,3092.92.9-360
Total Persons254,431100.0100.0216,285100.0100.0+38,146

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 resident workers (All industries) in Tasmania in 2021 compared to Tasmania shows that there was a higher proportion of resident holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a lower proportion of males with no formal qualifications.

Overall, 65.9% of the resident workers (All industries) held educational qualifications, and 31.7% had no qualifications, compared with 65.9% and 31.8% respectively for Tasmania.

The major differences between qualifications held by the resident workers (All industries) of Tasmania and (Tasmania) were:

  • A larger percentage of resident workers (All industries) with Bachelor or Higher degree (29.4% compared to 29.4%)
  • A smaller percentage of resident workers (All industries) with No qualification (31.7% compared to 31.8%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers (All industries) with Certificate Level, nfd (1.6% compared to 1.6%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the qualifications held by the resident workers (All industries) in Tasmania between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Bachelor or Higher degree (+25,972 persons)
  • Certificate III & IV Level (+8,816 persons)
  • Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+3,299 persons)
  • Certificate I and II Level (+852 persons)

State Growth Tasmania

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