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 City of Clarence.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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City of Clarence - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
Qualification level | Number | % | Tasmania | Number | % | Tasmania | 2016 - 2021 | ||
Bachelor or Higher degree | 5,400 | 28.2 | 29.3 | 3,170 | 20.6 | 22.6 | +2,230 | ||
Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 1,855 | 9.7 | 9.1 | 1,468 | 9.5 | 9.2 | +387 | ||
Certificate I and II Level | 349 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 245 | 1.6 | 1.8 | +104 | ||
Certificate III & IV Level | 4,921 | 25.7 | 24.0 | 3,933 | 25.5 | 24.0 | +988 | ||
Certificate Level, nfd | 323 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 370 | 2.4 | 2.3 | -47 | ||
No qualification | 5,930 | 30.9 | 31.8 | 5,816 | 37.8 | 37.2 | +114 | ||
Inadequately described or not stated | 384 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 404 | 2.6 | 2.9 | -20 | ||
Total Persons | 19,162 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 15,406 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +3,756 | ||
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 City of Clarence in 2021 compared to Tasmania shows that there was a higher proportion holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a similar proportion with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 67.0% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 30.9% had no qualifications, compared with 65.8% and 31.8% respectively for Tasmania.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of City of Clarence and Tasmania were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (25.7% compared to 24.0%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (28.2% compared to 29.3%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (30.9% compared to 31.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (9.7% compared to 9.1%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in City of Clarence between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+2,230 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+988 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+387 local workers)
- No qualification (+114 local workers)