Shire of Roebourne Local Planning Strategy
Shire of Roebourne Local Planning Strategy
Shire of Roebourne Local Planning Strategy
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
<strong>Shire</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Roebourne</strong> <strong>Local</strong> <strong>Planning</strong> <strong>Strategy</strong>Technical Report A1: Economic Development <strong>Strategy</strong>Overall:Average incomes are high, meaning there is wealth in the community and latent demandfor new business initiatives; however the cost base is very high.4.4 Human capitalCompetitiveness IndexElementMedian age <strong>of</strong> theworkforcePilbara SituationGenerally the workforce is younger than the national average, witha high proportion in the 25 to 44 year age groups. Workforce education levels The region has a lower proportion <strong>of</strong> people with tertiary educationin the workforce, even compared with other resources regions inAustralia.Early school leavers % <strong>of</strong> adult population that completedyear 12Health: Adults with none <strong>of</strong> the risk factors <strong>of</strong> smoking,harmful use <strong>of</strong> alcohol, physical inactivity, obesityLifelong learning: % <strong>of</strong> working age population participatingin education and trainingTechnical qualification: % <strong>of</strong> working age population withcertificate and diploma qualificationsUniversity qualification: % <strong>of</strong> working age population withuniversity qualificationsSchool performance - Secondary: % students in top 2 Bands(literacy and numeracy)School performance - Primary: % students in top 2 Bands(literacy and numeracy)Regional Relative Strengths: Human CapitalEarly childhood performance: % <strong>of</strong> childrendevelopmentally vulnerableEnglish pr<strong>of</strong>iciency: % population with English as firstlanguage or speaks English well-1 -0.75 -0.5 -0.25 0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1Relative Strength35