Shire of Augusta-Margaret River
Local workers - Qualifications - All industries
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 Shire of Augusta-Margaret River.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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Current benchmark:
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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| Shire of Augusta-Margaret River - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Western Australia | Number | % | Western Australia | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 1,774 | 27.4 | 31.1 | 1,345 | 23.0 | 27.4 | +429 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 748 | 11.6 | 10.9 | 626 | 10.7 | 10.8 | +122 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 130 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 114 | 2.0 | 1.4 | +16 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 1,397 | 21.6 | 21.8 | 1,324 | 22.6 | 21.9 | +73 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 142 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 140 | 2.4 | 2.1 | +2 | ||
| No qualification | 2,106 | 32.6 | 30.1 | 2,077 | 35.5 | 33.6 | +29 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 173 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 220 | 3.8 | 2.8 | -47 | ||
| Total Persons | 6,470 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 5,846 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +624 | ||
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 Shire of Augusta-Margaret River 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, 64.8% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 32.6% 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 Shire of Augusta-Margaret River and Western Australia were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (27.4% compared to 31.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (32.6% compared to 30.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (11.6% compared to 10.9%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate Level, nfd (2.2% compared to 1.7%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+429 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+122 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+73 local workers)
- No qualification (+29 local workers)