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 Melville.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Melville - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Western Australia | Number | % | Western Australia | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 19,720 | 43.8 | 31.1 | 15,774 | 39.4 | 27.4 | +3,946 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 5,120 | 11.4 | 10.9 | 4,614 | 11.5 | 10.8 | +506 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 632 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 426 | 1.1 | 1.4 | +206 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 6,329 | 14.1 | 21.8 | 5,681 | 14.2 | 21.9 | +648 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 786 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 778 | 1.9 | 2.1 | +8 | ||
| No qualification | 11,360 | 25.2 | 30.1 | 11,724 | 29.3 | 33.6 | -364 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,051 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 1,079 | 2.7 | 2.8 | -28 | ||
| Total Persons | 44,998 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 40,076 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +4,922 | ||
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 Melville 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, 72.4% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 25.2% 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 Melville and Western Australia were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (43.8% compared to 31.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (14.1% compared to 21.8%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (25.2% compared to 30.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (11.4% compared to 10.9%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Melville between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+3,946 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+648 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+506 local workers)
- No qualification (-364 local workers)