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 Shire of Murray.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work
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Current benchmark:
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| Local workers qualifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shire of Murray - All industries | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Western Australia | Number | % | Western Australia | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| Bachelor or Higher degree | 958 | 15.3 | 31.1 | 785 | 14.5 | 27.4 | +173 | ||
| Advanced Diploma or Diploma | 511 | 8.2 | 10.9 | 449 | 8.3 | 10.8 | +62 | ||
| Certificate I and II Level | 150 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 86 | 1.6 | 1.4 | +64 | ||
| Certificate III & IV Level | 2,066 | 33.0 | 21.8 | 1,673 | 30.9 | 21.9 | +393 | ||
| Certificate Level, nfd | 105 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 111 | 2.1 | 2.1 | -6 | ||
| No qualification | 2,307 | 36.9 | 30.1 | 2,132 | 39.4 | 33.6 | +175 | ||
| Inadequately described or not stated | 157 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 171 | 3.2 | 2.8 | -14 | ||
| Total Persons | 6,254 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 5,407 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +847 | ||
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 Shire of Murray 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, 60.6% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 36.9% 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 Shire of Murray and Western Australia were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (15.3% compared to 31.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (33.0% compared to 21.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers with No qualification (36.9% compared to 30.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers with Advanced Diploma or Diploma (8.2% compared to 10.9%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in Shire of Murray between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Certificate III & IV Level (+393 local workers)
- No qualification (+175 local workers)
- Bachelor or Higher degree (+173 local workers)
- Certificate I and II Level (+64 local workers)