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 Fremantle.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Fremantle - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Western Australia | Number | % | Western Australia | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 9,993 | 36.2 | 31.1 | 7,769 | 31.3 | 27.4 | +2,224 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 3,218 | 11.7 | 10.9 | 2,918 | 11.7 | 10.8 | +300 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 445 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 320 | 1.3 | 1.4 | +125 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 4,803 | 17.4 | 21.8 | 4,535 | 18.2 | 21.9 | +268 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 534 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 525 | 2.1 | 2.1 | +9 | ||
| No qualification | 7,892 | 28.6 | 30.1 | 8,068 | 32.5 | 33.6 | -176 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 695 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 724 | 2.9 | 2.8 | -29 | ||
| Total Persons | 27,580 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 24,859 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +2,721 | ||
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 City of Fremantle in 2021 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, 68.9% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 28.6% 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 City of Fremantle and Western Australia were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (36.2% compared to 31.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (17.4% compared to 21.8%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (28.6% compared to 30.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (11.7% compared to 10.9%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Fremantle between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+2,224 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+300 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+268 local workers)
- No qualification (-176 local workers)