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 Vincent.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Vincent - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Western Australia | Number | % | Western Australia | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 10,220 | 42.0 | 31.1 | 7,911 | 38.3 | 27.4 | +2,309 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 3,352 | 13.8 | 10.9 | 2,744 | 13.3 | 10.8 | +608 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 308 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 210 | 1.0 | 1.4 | +98 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 3,691 | 15.2 | 21.8 | 3,113 | 15.1 | 21.9 | +578 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 423 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 421 | 2.0 | 2.1 | +2 | ||
| No qualification | 5,781 | 23.8 | 30.1 | 5,724 | 27.7 | 33.6 | +57 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 548 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 539 | 2.6 | 2.8 | +9 | ||
| Total Persons | 24,323 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 20,662 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +3,661 | ||
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 Vincent 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, 74.0% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 23.8% 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 Vincent and Western Australia were:
- A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (42.0% compared to 31.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (15.2% compared to 21.8%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (23.8% compared to 30.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (13.8% compared to 10.9%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Vincent between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+2,309 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+608 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+578 local workers)
- Certificate I and II Level (+98 local workers)