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 Mandurah.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Gender:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Mandurah - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Western Australia | Number | % | Western Australia | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 4,099 | 19.2 | 27.4 | 2,693 | 14.5 | 23.2 | +1,406 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 2,425 | 11.4 | 10.8 | 1,727 | 9.3 | 9.8 | +698 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 380 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 353 | 1.9 | 1.4 | +27 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 4,853 | 22.8 | 21.9 | 4,025 | 21.7 | 21.1 | +828 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 576 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 400 | 2.2 | 1.7 | +176 | ||
| No qualification | 8,317 | 39.0 | 33.6 | 8,518 | 45.8 | 38.8 | -201 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 654 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 871 | 4.7 | 4.0 | -217 | ||
| Total Persons | 21,304 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 18,587 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +2,717 | ||
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 Mandurah in 2016 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, 57.9% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 39.0% 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 Mandurah and Western Australia were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (19.2% compared to 27.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (39.0% compared to 33.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (22.8% compared to 21.9%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate Level, nfd (2.7% compared to 2.1%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Mandurah between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+1,406 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+828 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+698 local workers)
- No qualification (-201 local workers)