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 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Albany - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Public Administration and Safety | Number | % | Public Administration and Safety | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 2,843 | 19.2 | 26.6 | 2,302 | 16.7 | 25.5 | +541 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 1,730 | 11.7 | 17.8 | 1,440 | 10.5 | 14.4 | +290 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 321 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 279 | 2.0 | 1.7 | +42 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 3,762 | 25.4 | 23.8 | 3,131 | 22.7 | 21.8 | +631 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 373 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 327 | 2.4 | 3.3 | +46 | ||
| No qualification | 5,324 | 35.9 | 24.8 | 5,709 | 41.5 | 30.3 | -385 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 461 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 579 | 4.2 | 3.0 | -118 | ||
| Total Persons | 14,814 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 13,767 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,047 | ||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2016. 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 2016 compared to Public Administration and Safety 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, 60.9% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 35.9% had no qualifications, compared with 72.3% and 24.8% respectively for Public Administration and Safety.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the City of Albany and Public Administration and Safety were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (35.9% compared to 24.8%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (19.2% compared to 26.6%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (11.7% compared to 17.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (25.4% compared to 23.8%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Albany between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Certificate III & IV Level (+631 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+541 local workers)
- No qualification (-385 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+290 local workers)