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 Surat Basin.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surat Basin - Manufacturing | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Queensland | Number | % | Queensland | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 594 | 9.5 | 14.9 | 384 | 6.8 | 11.5 | +210 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 404 | 6.4 | 8.5 | 363 | 6.4 | 7.9 | +41 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 144 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 100 | 1.8 | 1.3 | +44 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 2,317 | 36.9 | 32.8 | 2,074 | 36.6 | 33.5 | +243 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 112 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 97 | 1.7 | 1.8 | +15 | ||
| No qualification | 2,604 | 41.4 | 38.5 | 2,498 | 44.0 | 41.6 | +106 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 108 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 157 | 2.8 | 2.4 | -49 | ||
| Total Persons | 6,283 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 5,673 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +610 | ||
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 Surat Basin in 2021 compared to Queensland 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, 56.8% of the workers (Manufacturing) who held educational qualifications, and 41.4% had no qualifications, compared with 59.7% and 38.5% respectively for Queensland.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce (Manufacturing) of Surat Basin and Queensland were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers (Manufacturing) with Bachelor or Higher degree (9.5% compared to 14.9%)
- A larger percentage of local workers (Manufacturing) with Certificate III & IV Level (36.9% compared to 32.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers (Manufacturing) with No qualification (41.4% compared to 38.5%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers (Manufacturing) with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (6.4% compared to 8.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the Manufacturing workforce in Surat Basin between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Certificate III & IV Level (+243 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+210 local workers)
- No qualification (+106 local workers)
- Certificate I and II Level (+44 local workers)