Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale
Local workers - Qualifications - All industries
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 Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale.
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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| Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Western Australia | Number | % | Western Australia | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 1,272 | 19.9 | 31.1 | 784 | 17.1 | 27.4 | +488 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 648 | 10.1 | 10.9 | 415 | 9.1 | 10.8 | +233 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 161 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 82 | 1.8 | 1.4 | +79 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 1,605 | 25.1 | 21.8 | 1,104 | 24.1 | 21.9 | +501 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 118 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 115 | 2.5 | 2.1 | +3 | ||
| No qualification | 2,423 | 37.9 | 30.1 | 1,945 | 42.4 | 33.6 | +478 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 168 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 140 | 3.1 | 2.8 | +28 | ||
| Total Persons | 6,395 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 4,585 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,810 | ||
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 Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale 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, 59.5% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 37.9% 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 Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale and Western Australia were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (19.9% compared to 31.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (37.9% compared to 30.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (25.1% compared to 21.8%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (10.1% compared to 10.9%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Certificate III & IV Level (+501 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+488 local workers)
- No qualification (+478 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+233 local workers)