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 Wanneroo.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
Current industry:
Current benchmark:
Sex:
| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Wanneroo - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Western Australia | Number | % | Western Australia | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 11,255 | 21.5 | 31.1 | 8,187 | 18.6 | 27.4 | +3,068 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 5,509 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 4,481 | 10.2 | 10.8 | +1,028 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 1,002 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 679 | 1.5 | 1.4 | +323 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 13,017 | 24.9 | 21.8 | 10,970 | 24.9 | 21.9 | +2,047 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 1,014 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 994 | 2.3 | 2.1 | +20 | ||
| No qualification | 19,142 | 36.6 | 30.1 | 17,428 | 39.6 | 33.6 | +1,714 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 1,308 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1,259 | 2.9 | 2.8 | +49 | ||
| Total Persons | 52,247 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 43,998 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +8,249 | ||
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 Wanneroo 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, 60.9% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 36.6% 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 Wanneroo and Western Australia were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (21.5% compared to 31.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (36.6% compared to 30.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (24.9% compared to 21.8%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (10.5% compared to 10.9%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Wanneroo between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+3,068 local workers)
- Certificate III & IV Level (+2,047 local workers)
- No qualification (+1,714 local workers)
- Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+1,028 local workers)