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 Swan.
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 Swan - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Western Australia | Number | % | Western Australia | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 15,173 | 23.8 | 31.1 | 11,494 | 20.8 | 27.4 | +3,679 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 7,038 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 5,970 | 10.8 | 10.8 | +1,068 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 1,254 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 729 | 1.3 | 1.4 | +525 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 15,186 | 23.8 | 21.8 | 13,056 | 23.6 | 21.9 | +2,130 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,165 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1,187 | 2.1 | 2.1 | -22 | ||
| No qualification | 22,422 | 35.1 | 30.1 | 21,299 | 38.5 | 33.6 | +1,123 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,616 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1,616 | 2.9 | 2.8 | -- | ||
| Total Persons | 63,854 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 55,351 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +8,503 | ||
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 Swan 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, 62.4% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 35.1% 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 Swan and Western Australia were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (23.8% compared to 31.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (35.1% compared to 30.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (23.8% compared to 21.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate I and II Level (2.0% compared to 1.8%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Swan between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+3,679 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+2,130 local workers)
- No qualification (+1,123 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+1,068 local workers)