Shire of East Pilbara
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 East Pilbara.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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| Shire of East Pilbara - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Western Australia | Number | % | Western Australia | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 2,432 | 14.0 | 31.1 | 1,780 | 12.7 | 27.4 | +652 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 1,530 | 8.8 | 10.9 | 1,115 | 8.0 | 10.8 | +415 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 322 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 198 | 1.4 | 1.4 | +124 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 7,306 | 42.1 | 21.8 | 5,821 | 41.5 | 21.9 | +1,485 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 220 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 252 | 1.8 | 2.1 | -32 | ||
| No qualification | 5,229 | 30.1 | 30.1 | 4,526 | 32.3 | 33.6 | +703 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 332 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 326 | 2.3 | 2.8 | +6 | ||
| Total Persons | 17,371 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 14,018 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +3,353 | ||
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 East Pilbara in 2021 compared to Western Australia shows that there was a similar proportion holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a similar proportion with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 68.0% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 30.1% 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 East Pilbara and Western Australia were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (42.1% compared to 21.8%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (14.0% compared to 31.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (8.8% compared to 10.9%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Inadequately described or not stated (1.9% compared to 2.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the Shire of East Pilbara between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Certificate III & IV Level (+1,485 local workers)
- No qualification (+703 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+652 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+415 local workers)