City of Subiaco

Local workers - Qualifications - All industries

In the City of Subiaco, the workforce has a higher proportion with University qualifications compared to Western Australia.

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 Subiaco.

Data source

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work

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Local workers qualifications
City of Subiaco - All industries 20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%. Western AustraliaNumber%. Western Australia2016 - 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree10,37552.931.110,75851.327.4-383
Advanced Diploma or Diploma2,22511.310.92,45011.710.8-225
Certificate I and II Level2051.01.81720.81.4+33
Certificate III & IV Level2,24211.421.81,9849.521.9+258
Certificate Level, nfd2811.41.73551.72.1-74
No qualification3,85619.630.14,70622.433.6-850
Inadequately described or not stated4452.32.55642.72.8-119
Total Persons19,629100.0100.020,989100.0100.0-1,360

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions)

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Dominant groups

Analysis of the qualifications of the in the City of Subiaco 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, 78.1% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 19.6% 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 Subiaco and Western Australia were:

  • A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (52.9% compared to 31.1%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (19.6% compared to 30.1%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (11.4% compared to 21.8%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate I and II Level (1.0% compared to 1.8%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Subiaco between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • No qualification (-850 local workers)
  • Bachelor or Higher degree (-383 local workers)
  • Certificate III & IV Level (+258 local workers)
  • Advanced Diploma or Diploma (-225 local workers)

City of Subiaco

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