South West Queensland ROC
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 the South West Queensland ROC.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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Current benchmark:
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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| South West Queensland ROC - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Queensland | Number | % | Queensland | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 2,256 | 17.8 | 29.3 | 2,044 | 16.2 | 25.1 | +212 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 1,230 | 9.7 | 11.3 | 1,249 | 9.9 | 10.9 | -19 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 220 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 220 | 1.7 | 1.3 | -- | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 3,382 | 26.6 | 23.2 | 2,997 | 23.7 | 23.0 | +385 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 258 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 260 | 2.1 | 2.0 | -2 | ||
| No qualification | 4,997 | 39.3 | 30.7 | 5,401 | 42.8 | 35.0 | -404 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 356 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 456 | 3.6 | 2.7 | -100 | ||
| Total Persons | 12,699 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 12,627 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +72 | ||
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 the South West Queensland ROC 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, 57.8% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 39.3% had no qualifications, compared with 67.1% and 30.7% respectively for Queensland.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the South West Queensland ROC and Queensland were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (17.8% compared to 29.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (39.3% compared to 30.7%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (26.6% compared to 23.2%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (9.7% compared to 11.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the South West Queensland ROC between 2016 and 2021 were:
- No qualification (-404 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+385 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+212 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (-19 local workers)