68.1% of the resident workers (Arts and Recreation Services) in the City of Albany have qualifications, compared to 69.9% for Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services.
Education is an essential means of building the knowledge and skill levels of the labour force, which is a key factor in achieving future economic and social development.
The level of educational attainment for the City of Albany's resident workforce relates to a number of factors including:
- The age structure of the resident workforce;
- The professional or social ambitions of people to obtain qualifications (that is, to seek education and retraining);
- The opportunities afforded to people to continue studying beyond compulsory schooling, and;
- The knowledge and skill requirements of the local industries.
Qualification should be looked at in conjunction with Income , Occupations and Field of qualification for a clearer picture of the knowledge and skill level of the City of Albany's local resident workers.
When comparing the Qualifications of local resident worker with local workers, Qualifications statistics indicates whether an economy draws on the skills offered by its own residents or on a different set of skills imported from elsewhere in the region.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 and 2016 – by usual residence
| Resident workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Albany - Persons | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | Number | % | Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 52 | 23.0 | 8.1 | 32 | 17.8 | 9.0 | +20 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 30 | 13.3 | 8.7 | 19 | 10.6 | 6.5 | +11 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 4 | 1.8 | 0 | 7 | 3.9 | 0 | -3 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 53 | 23.5 | 50.9 | 37 | 20.6 | 38.8 | +16 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 15 | 6.6 | 2.3 | 13 | 7.2 | 2.0 | +2 | ||
| No qualification | 69 | 30.5 | 27.7 | 65 | 36.1 | 40.3 | +4 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 3 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 7 | 3.9 | 3.5 | -4 | ||
| Total Persons | 226 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 180 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +46 | ||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id informed decisions | |||||||||
Dominant groups
Analysis of the qualifications of the resident workers (Arts and Recreation Services) in the City of Albany in 2016 compared to Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services shows that there was a higher proportion of resident holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a lower proportion of males with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 68.1% of the resident workers (Arts and Recreation Services) held educational qualifications, and 30.5% had no qualifications, compared with 69.9% and 27.7% respectively for Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services.
The major differences between qualifications held by the resident workers (Arts and Recreation Services) of the City of Albany and (Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services) were:
- A smaller percentage of resident workers (Arts and Recreation Services) with Certificate III & IV Level (23.5% compared to 50.9%)
- A larger percentage of resident workers (Arts and Recreation Services) with Bachelor or Higher degree (23.0% compared to 8.1%)
- A larger percentage of resident workers (Arts and Recreation Services) with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (13.3% compared to 8.7%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the resident workers (Arts and Recreation Services) in the City of Albany between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+20 persons)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+16 persons)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+11 persons)
- No qualification (+4 persons)