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 RDA Kimberley.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RDA Kimberley - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Western Australia | Number | % | Western Australia | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 4,264 | 28.1 | 31.1 | 3,563 | 24.4 | 27.4 | +701 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 1,676 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 1,529 | 10.5 | 10.8 | +147 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 346 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 312 | 2.1 | 1.4 | +34 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 3,570 | 23.5 | 21.8 | 3,431 | 23.5 | 21.9 | +139 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 260 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 374 | 2.6 | 2.1 | -114 | ||
| No qualification | 4,523 | 29.8 | 30.1 | 4,794 | 32.8 | 33.6 | -271 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 537 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 592 | 4.1 | 2.8 | -55 | ||
| Total Persons | 15,176 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 14,595 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +581 | ||
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 RDA Kimberley in 2021 compared to Western Australia shows that there was a similar proportion holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a similar proportion with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 66.7% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 29.8% had no qualifications, compared with 67.4% and 30.1% respectively for Western Australia.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the RDA Kimberley and Western Australia were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (28.1% compared to 31.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (23.5% compared to 21.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Inadequately described or not stated (3.5% compared to 2.5%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate I and II Level (2.3% compared to 1.8%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the RDA Kimberley between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+701 local workers)
- No qualification (-271 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+147 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+139 local workers)