City of Perth

Local workers - Qualifications - All industries

In the City of Perth, the workforce has a higher 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 the City of Perth.

Data source

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 & 2021 – by place of work

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Local workers qualifications
City of Perth - All industries 20212016Change
Qualification levelNumber%. Western AustraliaNumber%. Western Australia2016 - 2021
Bachelor or Higher degree98,57057.931.173,49152.127.4+25,079
Advanced Diploma or Diploma18,61210.910.915,93411.310.8+2,678
Certificate I and II Level1,5570.91.81,1870.81.4+370
Certificate III & IV Level17,44710.221.814,37710.221.9+3,070
Certificate Level, nfd2,2011.31.72,3111.62.1-110
No qualification28,15516.530.130,20021.433.6-2,045
Inadequately described or not stated3,7302.22.53,4572.52.8+273
Total Persons170,272100.0100.0140,957100.0100.0+29,315

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 the City of Perth 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, 81.3% of the workers who held educational qualifications, and 16.5% 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 Perth and Western Australia were:

  • A larger percentage of local workers with Bachelor or Higher degree (57.9% compared to 31.1%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers with No qualification (16.5% compared to 30.1%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate III & IV Level (10.2% compared to 21.8%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers with Certificate I and II Level (0.9% compared to 1.8%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the qualifications held by the workforce in the City of Perth between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Bachelor or Higher degree (+25,079 local workers)
  • Certificate III & IV Level (+3,070 local workers)
  • Advanced Diploma or Diploma (+2,678 local workers)
  • No qualification (-2,045 local workers)

City of Perth

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