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 | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Tasmania | Number | % | Tasmania | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 72,134 | 30.0 | 29.3 | 47,949 | 23.3 | 22.6 | +24,185 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 22,231 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 19,287 | 9.4 | 9.2 | +2,944 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 4,446 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 3,621 | 1.8 | 1.8 | +825 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 55,898 | 23.3 | 24.0 | 48,002 | 23.3 | 24.0 | +7,896 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 3,777 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 4,613 | 2.2 | 2.3 | -836 | ||
| No qualification | 76,281 | 31.7 | 31.8 | 76,696 | 37.2 | 37.2 | -415 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 5,584 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 5,971 | 2.9 | 2.9 | -387 | ||
| Total Persons | 240,351 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 206,139 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +34,212 | ||
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 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)