City of Clarence

Local workers - Qualifications - All industries

In City of Clarence, the workforce has a lower 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 City of Clarence.

Data source

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

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Local workers qualifications
City of Clarence - All industries 20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%. TasmaniaNumber%. Tasmania2016 - 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree5,40028.229.33,17020.622.6+2,230
Advanced Diploma or Diploma1,8559.79.11,4689.59.2+387
Certificate I and II Level3491.81.82451.61.8+104
Certificate III & IV Level4,92125.724.03,93325.524.0+988
Certificate Level, nfd3231.71.63702.42.3-47
No qualification5,93030.931.85,81637.837.2+114
Inadequately described or not stated3842.02.44042.62.9-20
Total Persons19,162100.0100.015,406100.0100.0+3,756

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 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)

State Growth Tasmania

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