King Island Council area
Local workers - Qualifications - All industries
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 King Island Council area.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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| King Island Council area - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Tasmania | Number | % | Tasmania | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 139 | 17.9 | 29.3 | 121 | 15.9 | 22.6 | +18 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 70 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 63 | 8.3 | 9.2 | +7 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 14 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 8 | 1.1 | 1.8 | +6 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 217 | 27.9 | 24.0 | 203 | 26.7 | 24.0 | +14 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 22 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 26 | 3.4 | 2.3 | -4 | ||
| No qualification | 300 | 38.6 | 31.8 | 302 | 39.8 | 37.2 | -2 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 16 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 36 | 4.7 | 2.9 | -20 | ||
| Total Persons | 778 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 759 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +19 | ||
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 King Island Council area in 2021 compared to Tasmania shows that there was a lower proportion holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a higher proportion with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 59.4% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 38.6% had no qualifications, compared with 65.8% and 31.8% respectively for Tasmania.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of King Island Council area and Tasmania were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (17.9% compared to 29.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (38.6% compared to 31.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (27.9% compared to 24.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate Level, nfd (2.8% compared to 1.6%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in King Island Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+18 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+14 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+7 local workers)
- Certificate I and II Level (+6 local workers)