City of Albany
Local workers - Qualifications - Arts and Recreation Services
In the City of Albany, the Arts and Recreation Services workforce has a higher proportion with University qualifications compared to Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services.
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 - Arts and Recreation Services | 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 | 54 | 24.8 | 12.5 | 29 | 16.7 | 10.9 | +25 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 31 | 14.2 | 8.7 | 21 | 12.1 | 5.9 | +10 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 5 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 7 | 4.0 | 0 | -2 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 47 | 21.6 | 47.3 | 34 | 19.5 | 39.6 | +13 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 15 | 6.9 | 2.2 | 13 | 7.5 | 4.0 | +2 | ||
| No qualification | 63 | 28.9 | 24.5 | 64 | 36.8 | 36.6 | -1 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 3 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 6 | 3.4 | 3.0 | -3 | ||
| Total Persons | 218 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 174 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +44 | ||
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 Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services 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, 69.7% of the workers (Arts and Recreation Services) who held educational qualifications, and 28.9% had no qualifications, compared with 73.4% and 24.5% respectively for Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce (Arts and Recreation Services) of the City of Albany and Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers (Arts and Recreation Services) with Certificate III & IV Level (21.6% compared to 47.3%)
- A larger percentage of local workers (Arts and Recreation Services) with Bachelor or Higher degree (24.8% compared to 12.5%)
- A larger percentage of local workers (Arts and Recreation Services) with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (14.2% compared to 8.7%)
- A larger percentage of local workers (Arts and Recreation Services) with Certificate Level, nfd (6.9% compared to 2.2%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the Arts and Recreation Services workforce in the City of Albany between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+25 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+13 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+10 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (+2 local workers)