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 City of Albany.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
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Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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City of Albany - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
Qualification level | Number | % | Western Australia | Number | % | Western Australia | 2016 - 2021 | ||
Bachelor or Higher degree | 3,560 | 21.9 | 31.1 | 2,843 | 19.2 | 27.4 | +717 | ||
Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 1,864 | 11.5 | 10.9 | 1,730 | 11.7 | 10.8 | +134 | ||
Certificate I and II Level | 446 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 321 | 2.2 | 1.4 | +125 | ||
Certificate III & IV Level | 4,286 | 26.4 | 21.8 | 3,762 | 25.4 | 21.9 | +524 | ||
Certificate Level, nfd | 333 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 373 | 2.5 | 2.1 | -40 | ||
No qualification | 5,365 | 33.0 | 30.1 | 5,324 | 35.9 | 33.6 | +41 | ||
Inadequately described or not stated | 387 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 461 | 3.1 | 2.8 | -74 | ||
Total Persons | 16,241 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 14,814 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,427 | ||
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 City of Albany in 2021 compared to Western Australia 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, 64.6% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 33.0% 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 City of Albany and Western Australia were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (21.9% compared to 31.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (26.4% compared to 21.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (33.0% compared to 30.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate I and II Level (2.7% compared to 1.8%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Albany between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+717 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+524 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+134 local workers)
- Certificate I and II Level (+125 local workers)