Town of Victoria Park

Local workers - Qualifications - All industries

In the Town of Victoria Park, the workforce has a higher proportion with University qualifications compared to Western Australia.

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 Town of Victoria Park.

Data source

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work

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Local workers qualifications
Town of Victoria Park - All industries 20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%. Western AustraliaNumber%. Western Australia2016 - 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree12,53241.031.110,62137.927.4+1,911
Advanced Diploma or Diploma3,59611.810.93,25811.610.8+338
Certificate I and II Level4581.51.83291.21.4+129
Certificate III & IV Level4,86915.921.84,74416.921.9+125
Certificate Level, nfd4771.61.75311.92.1-54
No qualification7,92726.030.17,81927.933.6+108
Inadequately described or not stated6832.22.56952.52.8-12
Total Persons30,542100.0100.027,997100.0100.0+2,545

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions)

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Dominant groups

Analysis of the qualifications of the in the Town of Victoria Park in 2021 compared to Western Australia 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, 71.8% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 26.0% 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 Town of Victoria Park and Western Australia were:

  • A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (41.0% compared to 31.1%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (15.9% compared to 21.8%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (26.0% compared to 30.1%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (11.8% compared to 10.9%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the Town of Victoria Park between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Bachelor or Higher degree (+1,911 local workers)
  • Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+338 local workers)
  • Certificate I and II Level (+129 local workers)
  • Certificate III & IV Level (+125 local workers)

Town of Victoria Park

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