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 Perth.
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 Perth - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Western Australia | Number | % | Western Australia | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 98,570 | 57.9 | 31.1 | 73,491 | 52.1 | 27.4 | +25,079 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 18,612 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 15,934 | 11.3 | 10.8 | +2,678 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 1,557 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 1,187 | 0.8 | 1.4 | +370 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 17,447 | 10.2 | 21.8 | 14,377 | 10.2 | 21.9 | +3,070 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 2,201 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2,311 | 1.6 | 2.1 | -110 | ||
| No qualification | 28,155 | 16.5 | 30.1 | 30,200 | 21.4 | 33.6 | -2,045 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 3,730 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3,457 | 2.5 | 2.8 | +273 | ||
| Total Persons | 170,272 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 140,957 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +29,315 | ||
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 Perth 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, 81.3% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 16.5% 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 Perth and Western Australia were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (57.9% compared to 31.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (16.5% compared to 30.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (10.2% compared to 21.8%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate I and II Level (0.9% compared to 1.8%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Perth between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+25,079 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+3,070 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+2,678 local workers)
- No qualification (-2,045 local workers)