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 Hobart City.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart City - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Tasmania | Number | % | Tasmania | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 28,338 | 49.1 | 29.3 | 19,810 | 39.5 | 22.6 | +8,528 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 5,927 | 10.3 | 9.1 | 5,306 | 10.6 | 9.2 | +621 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 736 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 669 | 1.3 | 1.8 | +67 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 8,217 | 14.2 | 24.0 | 7,972 | 15.9 | 24.0 | +245 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 720 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 921 | 1.8 | 2.3 | -201 | ||
| No qualification | 12,655 | 21.9 | 31.8 | 14,388 | 28.7 | 37.2 | -1,733 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,103 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1,126 | 2.2 | 2.9 | -23 | ||
| Total Persons | 57,696 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 50,192 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +7,504 | ||
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 Hobart City 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 lower proportion with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 76.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 21.9% had no qualifications, compared with 65.8% and 31.8% respectively for Tasmania.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of Hobart City and Tasmania were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (49.1% compared to 29.3%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (21.9% compared to 31.8%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (14.2% compared to 24.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (10.3% compared to 9.1%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Hobart City between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+8,528 local workers)
- No qualification (-1,733 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+621 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+245 local workers)