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 Rockingham.
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 Rockingham - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Western Australia | Number | % | Western Australia | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 7,954 | 22.8 | 31.1 | 5,993 | 19.9 | 27.4 | +1,961 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 4,076 | 11.7 | 10.9 | 3,455 | 11.5 | 10.8 | +621 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 872 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 584 | 1.9 | 1.4 | +288 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 8,735 | 25.1 | 21.8 | 7,075 | 23.5 | 21.9 | +1,660 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 675 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 700 | 2.3 | 2.1 | -25 | ||
| No qualification | 11,654 | 33.5 | 30.1 | 11,435 | 38.0 | 33.6 | +219 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 858 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 819 | 2.7 | 2.8 | +39 | ||
| Total Persons | 34,824 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 30,061 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +4,763 | ||
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 Rockingham in 2021 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, 64.1% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 33.5% 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 Rockingham and Western Australia were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (22.8% compared to 31.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (33.5% compared to 30.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (25.1% compared to 21.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (11.7% compared to 10.9%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Rockingham between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+1,961 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+1,660 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+621 local workers)
- Certificate I and II Level (+288 local workers)