Town of Victoria Park
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 Town of Victoria Park.
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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| Town of Victoria Park - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Western Australia | Number | % | Western Australia | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 12,532 | 41.0 | 31.1 | 10,621 | 37.9 | 27.4 | +1,911 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 3,596 | 11.8 | 10.9 | 3,258 | 11.6 | 10.8 | +338 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 458 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 329 | 1.2 | 1.4 | +129 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 4,869 | 15.9 | 21.8 | 4,744 | 16.9 | 21.9 | +125 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 477 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 531 | 1.9 | 2.1 | -54 | ||
| No qualification | 7,927 | 26.0 | 30.1 | 7,819 | 27.9 | 33.6 | +108 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 683 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 695 | 2.5 | 2.8 | -12 | ||
| Total Persons | 30,542 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 27,997 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +2,545 | ||
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 Town of Victoria Park 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, 71.8% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 26.0% 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 Town of Victoria Park and Western Australia were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (41.0% compared to 31.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (15.9% compared to 21.8%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (26.0% compared to 30.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (11.8% compared to 10.9%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the Town of Victoria Park between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+1,911 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+338 local workers)
- Certificate I and II Level (+129 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+125 local workers)