Qualifications in EnglandLocal Authorities Ranked

Name: Qualifications
Creator: Office for National Statistics
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All 313 local authorities in England, ranked by residents with degree-level qualifications. Data: Office for National Statistics (2021), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Rank	Local authority	Residents with degree-level qualifications
1	City of London	74.2%
2	Wandsworth	62.6%
3	Richmond upon Thames	60.4%
4	Kensington and Chelsea	59.5%
5	Westminster	57.7%
6	Hammersmith and Fulham	57.6%
7	Camden	57.3%
8	Islington	56.6%
9	Lambeth	56.3%
10	Cambridge	55.8%
11	Southwark	54.9%
12	St Albans	53.0%
13	Hackney	52.4%
14	Elmbridge	52.1%
15	Kingston upon Thames	51.4%
16	Tower Hamlets	50.3%
17	Merton	50.0%
18	Lewisham	49.8%
19	Barnet	49.0%
20	Haringey	48.3%
21	Oxford	48.1%
22	South Cambridgeshire	47.8%
23	Waverley	46.6%
24	Wokingham	46.2%
25	Greenwich	45.7%
26	Rushcliffe	45.3%
27	Warwick	45.2%
28	Harrow	45.0%
29	Windsor and Maidenhead	45.0%
30	Winchester	44.9%
31	Woking	44.7%
32	Brighton and Hove	44.5%
33	Ealing	44.3%
34	Epsom and Ewell	44.3%
35	Guildford	44.1%
36	Vale of White Horse	44.0%
37	South Oxfordshire	43.6%
38	Waltham Forest	43.2%
39	Mole Valley	43.1%
40	Cheltenham	43.1%
41	Trafford	43.0%
42	Bromley	42.8%
43	Three Rivers	42.7%
44	Redbridge	42.4%
45	Bristol	42.1%
46	Hounslow	41.6%
47	North Hertfordshire	41.5%
48	Hart	41.4%
49	Tunbridge Wells	41.1%
50	Watford	41.1%
51	Croydon	41.0%
52	Buckinghamshire	41.0%
53	Reading	40.4%
54	Newham	40.2%
55	Reigate and Banstead	40.2%
56	Brent	40.0%
57	Harrogate	39.9%
58	South Hams	39.9%
59	Cotswold	39.8%
60	Sutton	39.8%
61	Bath and North East Somerset	39.8%
62	Ribble Valley	39.7%
63	Hertsmere	39.6%
64	Stratford-on-Avon	39.5%
65	Surrey Heath	39.2%
66	Derbyshire Dales	39.2%
67	York	38.8%
68	Malvern Hills	38.8%
69	East Hampshire	38.7%
70	Mid Sussex	38.7%
71	Stroud	38.7%
72	East Hertfordshire	38.6%
73	South Lakeland	38.6%
74	West Oxfordshire	38.3%
75	Rutland	37.9%
76	Isles of Scilly	37.9%
77	Harborough	37.8%
78	Dacorum	37.8%
79	Craven	37.6%
80	Manchester	37.6%
81	Cheshire East	37.6%
82	Stockport	37.6%
83	Hillingdon	37.5%
84	Tandridge	37.4%
85	Sevenoaks	37.3%
86	Welwyn Hatfield	37.3%
87	Chichester	37.2%
88	West Berkshire	37.0%
89	Horsham	37.0%
90	Uttlesford	36.6%
91	Bromsgrove	36.6%
92	Hambleton	36.6%
93	Enfield	36.3%
94	Tewkesbury	35.9%
95	Milton Keynes	35.8%
96	Test Valley	35.7%
97	Cheshire West and Chester	35.7%
98	Bracknell Forest	35.6%
99	High Peak	35.6%
100	Solihull	35.4%
101	Brentwood	35.4%
102	Runnymede	35.3%
103	Basingstoke and Deane	35.2%
104	Cherwell	35.1%
105	Stafford	35.1%
106	East Cambridgeshire	35.0%
107	Rugby	34.9%
108	Slough	34.8%
109	Lewes	34.8%
110	Bedford	34.7%
111	Exeter	34.7%
112	Leeds	34.7%
113	North Yorkshire	34.7%
114	Newcastle upon Tyne	34.6%
115	Fylde	34.5%
116	Broxtowe	34.2%
117	Wiltshire	34.2%
118	Norwich	34.1%
119	West Devon	34.1%
120	Mendip	34.0%
121	Chelmsford	33.9%
122	North Somerset	33.9%
123	East Devon	33.8%
124	Chorley	33.8%
125	Worcester	33.7%
126	Lichfield	33.6%
127	Spelthorne	33.6%
128	Salford	33.5%
129	Huntingdonshire	33.4%
130	Fareham	33.4%
131	Sheffield	33.4%
132	Barking and Dagenham	33.3%
133	Central Bedfordshire	33.2%
134	Eastleigh	33.1%
135	Westmorland and Furness	33.1%
136	Canterbury	33.1%
137	Wychavon	33.0%
138	Ryedale	33.0%
139	Warrington	33.0%
140	South Gloucestershire	33.0%
141	North Tyneside	32.9%
142	Richmondshire	32.8%
143	Teignbridge	32.8%
144	Herefordshire	32.7%
145	Wealden	32.6%
146	Charnwood	32.6%
147	Eden	32.6%
148	Tonbridge and Malling	32.5%
149	Shropshire	32.5%
150	Somerset West and Taunton	32.5%
151	Epping Forest	32.4%
152	Dartford	32.4%
153	Lancaster	32.3%
154	Bury	32.3%
155	Colchester	32.2%
156	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	32.1%
157	Selby	32.1%
158	South Norfolk	32.0%
159	Oadby and Wigston	32.0%
160	South Ribble	32.0%
161	Gedling	31.9%
162	South Derbyshire	31.8%
163	West Northamptonshire	31.8%
164	Worthing	31.7%
165	Preston	31.7%
166	Southampton	31.6%
167	Bexley	31.6%
168	Dorset	31.5%
169	Wirral	31.5%
170	New Forest	31.2%
171	Melton	31.1%
172	Calderdale	30.9%
173	Liverpool	30.8%
174	Northumberland	30.7%
175	Mid Devon	30.7%
176	Rossendale	30.7%
177	Coventry	30.6%
178	Cornwall	30.6%
179	Blaby	30.5%
180	Somerset	30.5%
181	East Riding of Yorkshire	30.5%
182	South Kesteven	30.1%
183	Ashford	30.1%
184	Mid Suffolk	30.0%
185	Portsmouth	30.0%
186	North West Leicestershire	30.0%
187	West Lancashire	30.0%
188	Maidstone	29.9%
189	Sefton	29.9%
190	Kirklees	29.9%
191	Birmingham	29.9%
192	Rother	29.9%
193	North Kesteven	29.9%
194	Luton	29.8%
195	Rushmoor	29.8%
196	Eastbourne	29.8%
197	Derby	29.7%
198	Stevenage	29.6%
199	South Somerset	29.6%
200	Havering	29.5%
201	Stockton-on-Tees	29.5%
202	Babergh	29.5%
203	Hinckley and Bosworth	29.4%
204	South Staffordshire	29.4%
205	West Lindsey	29.3%
206	Newark and Sherwood	29.0%
207	Darlington	29.0%
208	Amber Valley	28.8%
209	Forest of Dean	28.8%
210	East Staffordshire	28.7%
211	Nottingham	28.6%
212	Hastings	28.6%
213	North Devon	28.5%
214	West Suffolk	28.5%
215	Allerdale	28.4%
216	Staffordshire Moorlands	28.4%
217	Wyre	28.3%
218	Newcastle-under-Lyme	28.0%
219	Gateshead	28.0%
220	Adur	27.9%
221	Swindon	27.9%
222	Carlisle	27.9%
223	Cumberland	27.6%
224	North East Derbyshire	27.6%
225	East Suffolk	27.6%
226	Crawley	27.5%
227	Scarborough	27.5%
228	Plymouth	27.5%
229	Broadland	27.4%
230	Bradford	27.4%
231	Isle of Wight	27.4%
232	Bolton	27.4%
233	Gloucester	27.4%
234	Folkestone and Hythe	27.4%
235	Broxbourne	27.3%
236	Southend-on-Sea	27.2%
237	St. Helens	27.2%
238	Dover	27.0%
239	Blackburn with Darwen	26.8%
240	Chesterfield	26.8%
241	Leicester	26.8%
242	County Durham	26.7%
243	North Northamptonshire	26.7%
244	Gravesham	26.7%
245	Havant	26.5%
246	Middlesbrough	26.4%
247	Rochdale	26.4%
248	Arun	26.4%
249	Lincoln	26.4%
250	Thanet	26.3%
251	Wolverhampton	26.2%
252	North Norfolk	26.2%
253	Peterborough	26.2%
254	Thurrock	26.2%
255	Ipswich	26.2%
256	Torridge	26.2%
257	South Tyneside	26.1%
258	Telford and Wrekin	26.1%
259	Sedgemoor	26.1%
260	Wyre Forest	26.1%
261	Copeland	26.0%
262	Erewash	25.9%
263	Redditch	25.9%
264	Braintree	25.8%
265	Wigan	25.8%
266	Medway	25.6%
267	Bassetlaw	25.5%
268	Maldon	25.4%
269	Pendle	25.4%
270	Torbay	25.3%
271	Hyndburn	25.2%
272	Dudley	25.0%
273	Redcar and Cleveland	24.9%
274	North Warwickshire	24.8%
275	Hartlepool	24.8%
276	Gosport	24.8%
277	Barrow-in-Furness	24.8%
278	Oldham	24.6%
279	Basildon	24.6%
280	Sunderland	24.6%
281	Nuneaton and Bedworth	24.5%
282	Harlow	24.4%
283	Tameside	24.4%
284	Burnley	24.3%
285	Wakefield	24.3%
286	Halton	23.9%
287	North Lincolnshire	23.9%
288	Knowsley	23.8%
289	Walsall	23.7%
290	Swale	23.7%
291	Barnsley	23.4%
292	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	23.3%
293	Rotherham	23.1%
294	Breckland	23.1%
295	Rochford	22.8%
296	Cannock Chase	22.7%
297	Doncaster	22.7%
298	Sandwell	22.7%
299	Blackpool	22.5%
300	Mansfield	22.1%
301	Tamworth	21.9%
302	Stoke-on-Trent	21.8%
303	Kingston upon Hull	21.7%
304	Bolsover	21.7%
305	North East Lincolnshire	21.6%
306	Ashfield	21.6%
307	East Lindsey	21.5%
308	South Holland	20.1%
309	Tendring	19.9%
310	Fenland	19.0%
311	Boston	19.0%
312	Castle Point	18.5%
313	Great Yarmouth	18.2%