Shire of Murray

Local workers - Qualifications - All industries

In Shire of Murray, the workforce has a lower proportion with University qualifications compared to Western Australia.

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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Local workers qualifications
Shire of Murray - All industries 20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%. Western AustraliaNumber%. Western Australia2016 - 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree95815.331.178514.527.4+173
Advanced Diploma or Diploma5118.210.94498.310.8+62
Certificate I and II Level1502.41.8861.61.4+64
Certificate III & IV Level2,06633.021.81,67330.921.9+393
Certificate Level, nfd1051.71.71112.12.1-6
No qualification2,30736.930.12,13239.433.6+175
Inadequately described or not stated1572.52.51713.22.8-14
Total Persons6,254100.0100.05,407100.0100.0+847

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions)

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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)

Murray Shire Council

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