Tasmania

Local workers - Qualifications - All industries

In Tasmania, the workforce has a similar proportion with University qualifications compared to Tasmania.

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 Tasmania.

Data source

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

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Local workers qualifications
Tasmania - All industries 20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%. TasmaniaNumber%. Tasmania2016 - 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree72,13430.029.347,94923.322.6+24,185
Advanced Diploma or Diploma22,2319.29.119,2879.49.2+2,944
Certificate I and II Level4,4461.81.83,6211.81.8+825
Certificate III & IV Level55,89823.324.048,00223.324.0+7,896
Certificate Level, nfd3,7771.61.64,6132.22.3-836
No qualification76,28131.731.876,69637.237.2-415
Inadequately described or not stated5,5842.32.45,9712.92.9-387
Total Persons240,351100.0100.0206,139100.0100.0+34,212

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 Tasmania in 2021 compared to Tasmania shows that there was a similar proportion holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a similar proportion with no formal qualifications.

Overall, 65.9% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 31.7% had no qualifications, compared with 65.8% and 31.8% respectively for Tasmania.

The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Tasmania and Tasmania were:

  • A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (30.0% compared to 29.3%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (23.3% compared to 24.0%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (9.2% compared to 9.1%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (31.7% compared to 31.8%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Tasmania between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Bachelor or Higher degree (+24,185 local workers)
  • Certificate III & IV Level (+7,896 local workers)
  • Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+2,944 local workers)
  • Certificate Level, nfd (-836 local workers)

State Growth Tasmania

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