Shire of Roebourne Local Planning Strategy

Shire of Roebourne Local Planning StrategyTechnical Report A1: Economic Development StrategyEarly school leavers % of adult population that completedyear 12Health: Adults with none of the risk factors of smoking,harmful use of alcohol, physical inactivity, obesityLifelong learning: % of working age populationparticipating in education and trainingTechnical qualification: % of working age population withcertificate and diploma qualificationsUniversity qualification: % of working age population withuniversity qualificationsSchool performance - Secondary: % students in top 2Bands (literacy and numeracy)School performance - Primary: % students in top 2 Bands(literacy and numeracy)LGA Relative Strengths: Human CapitalEarly childhood performance: % of childrendevelopmentally vulnerableEnglish proficiency: % population with English as firstlanguage or speaks English wellEast PilbaraAshburtonPort HedlandRoebourne Shire-1 -0.75 -0.5 -0.25 0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1Relative StrengthOverall:The region has a relatively young, healthy and energetic workforce. However, the regionranks comparatively poorly on other measures of human capital, with a lower than averageincidence of trade qualifications and of tertiary education amongst the workforce. The highproportion of FIFO workers limits the ability of this part of the workforce to contribute toregional expansion beyond the specific project on which they are working. Of particular noteis the relatively low school performance scores at both primary and secondary level. This isa key factor that must be improved if population retention and growth is to be achieved.At the LGA level, both the Shire of Roebourne and Port Hedland have higher than averagerankings in population health measures and lifelong learning and the Shire of Roebournehas good scores on early childhood performance. These are good signs that there is a levelof comparative attraction on some key measures in Karratha.4.5 Labour Market EfficiencyCompetitiveness IndexElementPilbara Situation Wage/labour costs Very highUnemployment rates in theregionLevels of labour forceparticipation in each regionGenerally lowGenerally high36