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Statistical Snapshot - Education and Qualifications Statistical Snapshot - Education and Qualifications

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3.1 Level of Highest Qualification (2006) (Number of persons aged 15 and over)Explanatory Notes
Number of people with a: Gascoyne Goldfields-Esperance Great Southern Kimberley Mid West Peel Pilbara South West Wheatbelt Regional Western Australia Perth Western Australia
Postgraduate Degree 60 310 360 237 227 423 283 835 322 3,057 28,498 31,555
Number per 1,000 persons aged 15 & over 9 8 9 11 6 6 9 8 6 8 25 20
Graduate Diploma & Graduate Certificate 62 358 463 257 321 440 299 1,100 431 3,731 16,940 20,671
No. with Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate per 1,000 persons 9 9 11 12 9 6 10 10 8 9 15 13
Bachelor Degree 484 2,645 3,149 1,644 2,252 3,634 2,258 7,964 3,336 27,366 145,314 172,680
No. with Bachelor Degree per 1,000 persons 70 67 76 76 60 53 74 76 63 68 126 111
Advanced Diploma & Diploma 351 1,879 2,892 1,088 1,992 4,067 1,484 6,642 2,906 23,301 92,523 115,824
No. with Advanced Diploma and Diploma per 1,000 persons 51 48 70 50 53 59 49 63 55 58 80 74
Certificate 1,334 7,661 7,371 3,464 7,043 13,948 6,826 21,480 8,888 78,015 195,256 273,271
No. with Certificate per 1,000 persons 194 195 178 160 189 203 224 204 167 193 169 176
Level of education inadequately described 111 449 621 240 534 1,087 347 1,618 633 5,640 17,954 23,594
No. with Level of education inadequately described per 1,000 persons 16 11 15 11 14 16 11 15 12 14 16 15
Level of education not stated 1,020 6,005 4,868 4,221 5,191 9,188 6,771 11,970 6,096 55,330 135,319 190,649
No. with Level of education not stated per 1,000 persons 148 153 118 195 139 134 222 114 115 137 117 122
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics - Census (Usual Residence 2006)
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3.2 Field of Highest Qualification (2006) (Number of persons aged 15 and over)Explanatory Notes
Number of people with a qualification in: Gascoyne Goldfields-Esperance Great Southern Kimberley Mid West Peel Pilbara South West Wheatbelt Regional Western Australia Perth Western Australia
Natural and Physical Sciences 74 388 385 144 278 428 308 1,081 279 3,365 21,029 24,394
No. in Natural & Physical Sciences per 1,000 persons 11 10 9 7 7 6 10 10 5 8 18 16
Information Technology 20 192 200 81 141 336 130 543 143 1,786 14,757 16,543
No. in Information Technology per 1,000 persons 3 5 5 4 4 5 4 5 3 4 13 11
Engineering and Related Technologies 715 4,606 2,890 1,552 3,552 7,289 4,694 10,155 4,107 39,560 111,767 151,327
No. in Engineering & Related Technologies per 1,000 persons 104 118 70 72 95 106 154 97 77 98 97 97
Architecture and Building 198 836 1,097 520 1,017 2,278 730 3,540 1,041 11,257 31,918 43,175
No. in Architecture & Building per 1,000 persons 29 21 27 24 27 33 24 34 20 28 28 28
Agriculture, Environmental & Related Studies 131 616 1,456 405 748 753 259 1,953 1,846 8,167 9,590 17,757
No. in Agriculture, Environmental & Related Studies per 1,000 persons 19 16 35 19 20 11 8 19 35 20 8 11
Health 262 1,302 1,948 846 1,374 2,391 894 4,630 1,957 15,604 54,819 70,423
No. in Health per 1,000 persons 38 33 47 39 37 35 29 44 37 39 48 45
Education 259 1,344 1,900 892 1,486 2,253 1,014 4,551 2,198 15,897 46,682 62,579
No. in Education per 1,000 persons 38 34 46 41 40 33 33 43 41 39 40 40
Management and Commerce 317 1,818 2,229 1,052 1,743 3,789 1,689 6,101 2,440 21,178 101,726 122,904
No. in Management & Commerce per 1,000 persons 46 46 54 49 47 55 55 58 46 52 88 79
Society and Culture 178 994 1,504 686 971 1,903 771 3,378 1,284 11,669 56,163 67,832
No. in Society & Culture per 1,000 persons 26 25 36 32 26 28 25 32 24 29 49 44
Creative Arts 56 288 407 230 227 511 181 1,019 342 3,261 18,634 21,895
No. in Creative Arts per 1,000 persons 8 7 10 11 6 7 6 10 6 8 16 14
Food, Hospitality and Personal Services 188 945 988 472 932 1,922 748 2,934 1,122 10,251 29,918 40,169
No. in Food, Hospitality & Personal Services per 1,000 persons 27 24 24 22 25 28 25 28 21 25 26 26
Mixed Field Programmes 10 26 39 15 17 37 3 46 31 224 939 1,163
No. in Mixed Field Programmes per 1,000 persons 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1
Field of Study inadequately described 34 147 168 108 158 312 154 425 185 1,691 6,374 8,065
No. in Field of study inadequately described per 1,000 persons 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 4 3 4 6 5
Field of study not stated 975 5,801 4,517 4,148 4,928 8,582 6,693 11,250 5,655 52,549 127,485 180,034
No. in Field of study not stated per 1,000 persons 141 148 109 192 132 125 219 107 106 130 111 116
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics - Census (Usual Residence 2006)
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3.3 Persons Attending Educational Institutions (2006)Explanatory Notes
Number of people in: Gascoyne Goldfields-Esperance Great Southern Kimberley Mid West Peel Pilbara South West Wheatbelt Regional Western Australia Perth Western Australia
Pre-School 128 892 825 402 792 1,099 703 2,112 1,141 8,094 19,038 27,132
No. in Pre-school per 1,000 persons aged 0 to 4 197 212 246 150 233 230 189 241 250 224 215 218
Infants/Primary 842 5,247 4,979 3,129 4,769 7,488 3,987 13,001 6,771 50,213 119,527 169,740
No. of Infants/Primary per 1,000 persons aged 5 to 14 625 618 630 627 610 617 587 625 653 623 627 626
Secondary 348 2,867 3,139 1,093 2,966 4,973 1,784 8,832 3,584 29,586 86,734 116,320
No. in Secondary per 1,000 persons aged 15 to 19 761 815 882 558 897 867 708 929 964 863 822 832
Technical or Further Educational Institution 171 804 1,277 490 800 1,587 844 2,907 1,046 9,926 30,763 40,689
No. in Technical or Further Educational Institution per 1,000 persons aged 15 & over 25 21 31 23 21 23 28 28 20 25 27 26
University or other Tertiary Institutions 95 813 482 394 492 1,075 420 1,823 549 6,143 66,789 72,932
No. in University or other Tertiary Institutions per 1,000 persons aged 15 & over 14 21 12 18 13 16 14 17 10 15 58 47
Other type of educational institution 31 195 233 98 111 330 134 532 221 1,885 7,977 9,862
No. in Other type of educational institution per 1,000 persons aged 15 & over 4 5 6 5 3 5 4 5 4 5 7 6
Type of educational institution not stated 1,078 6,213 4,348 4,795 5,327 8,027 7,872 10,937 5,545 54,142 123,268 177,410
No. in Type of educational institution not stated per 1,000 persons aged 15 & over 156 159 105 222 143 117 258 104 104 134 107 114
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics - Census (Usual Residence 2006)

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