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 Town of Cambridge.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Gender:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Cambridge - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Western Australia | Number | % | Western Australia | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 5,944 | 45.3 | 27.4 | 4,272 | 39.0 | 23.2 | +1,672 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 1,875 | 14.3 | 10.8 | 1,526 | 13.9 | 9.8 | +349 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 111 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 113 | 1.0 | 1.4 | -2 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 1,378 | 10.5 | 21.9 | 1,262 | 11.5 | 21.1 | +116 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 288 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 213 | 1.9 | 1.7 | +75 | ||
| No qualification | 3,165 | 24.1 | 33.6 | 3,122 | 28.5 | 38.8 | +43 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 352 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 444 | 4.1 | 4.0 | -92 | ||
| Total Persons | 13,113 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 10,952 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +2,161 | ||
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 Town of Cambridge in 2016 compared to Western Australia 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, 73.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 24.1% had no qualifications, compared with 63.6% and 33.6% respectively for Western Australia.
The major differences between the qualifications held by the workforce of the Town of Cambridge and Western Australia were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (45.3% compared to 27.4%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (10.5% compared to 21.9%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (24.1% compared to 33.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (14.3% compared to 10.8%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the Town of Cambridge between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+1,672 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+349 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+116 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (+75 local workers)