In the City of Kwinana, the workforce has a lower proportion with University qualifications compared to Western Australia.
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 Kwinana.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Kwinana - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Western Australia | Number | % | Western Australia | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 2,440 | 19.3 | 27.4 | 1,816 | 14.8 | 23.2 | +624 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 1,242 | 9.8 | 10.8 | 1,014 | 8.2 | 9.8 | +228 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 186 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 175 | 1.4 | 1.4 | +11 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 3,777 | 29.8 | 21.9 | 3,877 | 31.5 | 21.1 | -100 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 278 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 174 | 1.4 | 1.7 | +104 | ||
| No qualification | 4,380 | 34.6 | 33.6 | 4,712 | 38.3 | 38.8 | -332 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 359 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 539 | 4.4 | 4.0 | -180 | ||
| Total Persons | 12,662 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 12,307 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +355 | ||
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 Kwinana 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, 62.6% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 34.6% 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 City of Kwinana and Western Australia were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (19.3% compared to 27.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (29.8% compared to 21.9%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (9.8% compared to 10.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (34.6% compared to 33.6%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Kwinana between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+624 local workers)
- No qualification (-332 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+228 local workers)
- Certificate Level, nfd (+104 local workers)