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 Broome.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
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| Broome - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Western Australia | Number | % | Western Australia | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 2,445 | 30.5 | 31.1 | 1,923 | 26.0 | 27.4 | +522 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 994 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 884 | 12.0 | 10.8 | +110 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 178 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 149 | 2.0 | 1.4 | +29 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 1,820 | 22.7 | 21.8 | 1,720 | 23.3 | 21.9 | +100 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 132 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 205 | 2.8 | 2.1 | -73 | ||
| No qualification | 2,159 | 27.0 | 30.1 | 2,251 | 30.4 | 33.6 | -92 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 276 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 264 | 3.6 | 2.8 | +12 | ||
| Total Persons | 8,004 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 7,396 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +608 | ||
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 Broome 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, 69.6% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 27.0% 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 Broome and Western Australia were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (27.0% compared to 30.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (12.4% compared to 10.9%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Inadequately described or not stated (3.4% compared to 2.5%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (22.7% compared to 21.8%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the Broome between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+522 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+110 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+100 local workers)
- No qualification (-92 local workers)