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 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Gender:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Rockingham - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Western Australia | Number | % | Western Australia | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 5,993 | 19.9 | 27.4 | 4,210 | 16.2 | 23.2 | +1,783 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 3,455 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 2,658 | 10.3 | 9.8 | +797 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 584 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 484 | 1.9 | 1.4 | +100 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 7,075 | 23.5 | 21.9 | 5,770 | 22.3 | 21.1 | +1,305 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 700 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 490 | 1.9 | 1.7 | +210 | ||
| No qualification | 11,435 | 38.0 | 33.6 | 11,121 | 42.9 | 38.8 | +314 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 819 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 1,190 | 4.6 | 4.0 | -371 | ||
| Total Persons | 30,061 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 25,923 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +4,138 | ||
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 Rockingham 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, 59.2% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 38.0% 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 Rockingham and Western Australia were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (19.9% compared to 27.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (38.0% compared to 33.6%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (23.5% compared to 21.9%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (11.5% compared to 10.8%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Rockingham between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+1,783 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+1,305 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+797 local workers)
- No qualification (+314 local workers)