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Highest degree share

Every local authority ranked by the share of residents aged 16+ whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (degree, HND, professional).

#Local authorityRegion Degree-level or above
1 City of London London 74%
2 Wandsworth London 63%
3 Richmond upon Thames London 60%
4 Kensington and Chelsea London 59%
5 Westminster London 58%
6 Hammersmith and Fulham London 58%
7 Camden London 57%
8 Islington London 57%
9 Lambeth London 56%
10 Cambridge East of England 56%
11 Southwark London 55%
12 St Albans East of England 53%
13 Hackney London 52%
14 Elmbridge South East 52%
15 Kingston upon Thames London 51%
16 Tower Hamlets London 50%
17 Merton London 50%
18 Lewisham London 50%
19 Barnet London 49%
20 Haringey London 48%
21 Oxford South East 48%
22 South Cambridgeshire East of England 48%
23 Waverley South East 47%
24 Wokingham South East 46%
25 Greenwich London 46%
26 Rushcliffe East Midlands 45%
27 Warwick West Midlands 45%
28 Harrow London 45%
29 Windsor and Maidenhead South East 45%
30 Winchester South East 45%
31 Woking South East 45%
32 Brighton and Hove South East 45%
33 Ealing London 44%
34 Epsom and Ewell South East 44%
35 Guildford South East 44%
36 Vale of White Horse South East 44%
37 South Oxfordshire South East 44%
38 Waltham Forest London 43%
39 Mole Valley South East 43%
40 Cheltenham South West 43%
41 Trafford North West 43%
42 Bromley London 43%
43 Three Rivers East of England 43%
44 Redbridge London 42%
45 Bristol, City of South West 42%
46 Hounslow London 42%
47 North Hertfordshire East of England 42%
48 Hart South East 41%
49 Tunbridge Wells South East 41%
50 Watford East of England 41%
51 Croydon London 41%
52 Buckinghamshire South East 41%
53 Reading South East 40%
54 Reigate and Banstead South East 40%
55 Newham London 40%
56 Brent London 40%
57 South Hams South West 40%
58 Cotswold South West 40%
59 Sutton London 40%
60 Bath and North East Somerset South West 40%
61 Ribble Valley North West 40%
62 Hertsmere East of England 40%
63 Stratford-on-Avon West Midlands 39%
64 Surrey Heath South East 39%
65 Derbyshire Dales East Midlands 39%
66 York Yorkshire and The Humber 39%
67 Malvern Hills West Midlands 39%
68 East Hampshire South East 39%
69 Mid Sussex South East 39%
70 Stroud South West 39%
71 East Hertfordshire East of England 39%
72 West Oxfordshire South East 38%
73 Rutland East Midlands 38%
74 Isles of Scilly South West 38%
75 Harborough East Midlands 38%
76 Dacorum East of England 38%
77 Manchester North West 38%
78 Cheshire East North West 38%
79 Stockport North West 38%
80 Hillingdon London 37%
81 Tandridge South East 37%
82 Sevenoaks South East 37%
83 Welwyn Hatfield East of England 37%
84 Chichester South East 37%
85 West Berkshire South East 37%
86 Horsham South East 37%
87 Uttlesford East of England 37%
88 Bromsgrove West Midlands 37%
89 Enfield London 36%
90 Tewkesbury South West 36%
91 Milton Keynes South East 36%
92 Test Valley South East 36%
93 Cheshire West and Chester North West 36%
94 Bracknell Forest South East 36%
95 High Peak East Midlands 36%
96 Solihull West Midlands 35%
97 Brentwood East of England 35%
98 Runnymede South East 35%
99 Basingstoke and Deane South East 35%
100 Cherwell South East 35%
101 Stafford West Midlands 35%
102 East Cambridgeshire East of England 35%
103 Rugby West Midlands 35%
104 Slough South East 35%
105 Lewes South East 35%
106 Bedford East of England 35%
107 Exeter South West 35%
108 Leeds Yorkshire and The Humber 35%
109 North Yorkshire Yorkshire and The Humber 35%
110 Newcastle upon Tyne North East 35%
111 Fylde North West 34%
112 Broxtowe East Midlands 34%
113 Wiltshire South West 34%
114 Norwich East of England 34%
115 West Devon South West 34%
116 Chelmsford East of England 34%
117 North Somerset South West 34%
118 Chorley North West 34%
119 East Devon South West 34%
120 Worcester West Midlands 34%
121 Lichfield West Midlands 34%
122 Spelthorne South East 34%
123 Salford North West 34%
124 Huntingdonshire East of England 33%
125 Fareham South East 33%
126 Sheffield Yorkshire and The Humber 33%
127 Barking and Dagenham London 33%
128 Central Bedfordshire East of England 33%
129 Eastleigh South East 33%
130 Westmorland and Furness North West 33%
131 Canterbury South East 33%
132 Wychavon West Midlands 33%
133 Warrington North West 33%
134 South Gloucestershire South West 33%
135 North Tyneside North East 33%
136 Teignbridge South West 33%
137 Herefordshire, County of West Midlands 33%
138 Wealden South East 33%
139 Charnwood East Midlands 33%
140 Tonbridge and Malling South East 33%
141 Shropshire West Midlands 33%
142 Epping Forest East of England 32%
143 Dartford South East 32%
144 Lancaster North West 32%
145 Bury North West 32%
146 Colchester East of England 32%
147 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole South West 32%
148 South Norfolk East of England 32%
149 Oadby and Wigston East Midlands 32%
150 South Ribble North West 32%
151 Gedling East Midlands 32%
152 South Derbyshire East Midlands 32%
153 West Northamptonshire East Midlands 32%
154 Worthing South East 32%
155 Preston North West 32%
156 Southampton South East 32%
157 Bexley London 32%
158 Dorset South West 31%
159 Wirral North West 31%
160 New Forest South East 31%
161 Melton East Midlands 31%
162 Calderdale Yorkshire and The Humber 31%
163 Liverpool North West 31%
164 Northumberland North East 31%
165 Mid Devon South West 31%
166 Rossendale North West 31%
167 Coventry West Midlands 31%
168 Cornwall South West 31%
169 Blaby East Midlands 31%
170 Somerset South West 31%
171 East Riding of Yorkshire Yorkshire and The Humber 30%
172 South Kesteven East Midlands 30%
173 Ashford South East 30%
174 Mid Suffolk East of England 30%
175 Portsmouth South East 30%
176 North West Leicestershire East Midlands 30%
177 West Lancashire North West 30%
178 Maidstone South East 30%
179 Sefton North West 30%
180 Kirklees Yorkshire and The Humber 30%
181 Birmingham West Midlands 30%
182 Rother South East 30%
183 North Kesteven East Midlands 30%
184 Luton East of England 30%
185 Rushmoor South East 30%
186 Eastbourne South East 30%
187 Derby East Midlands 30%
188 Stevenage East of England 30%
189 Havering London 30%
190 Stockton-on-Tees North East 30%
191 Babergh East of England 29%
192 Hinckley and Bosworth East Midlands 29%
193 South Staffordshire West Midlands 29%
194 West Lindsey East Midlands 29%
195 Newark and Sherwood East Midlands 29%
196 Darlington North East 29%
197 Amber Valley East Midlands 29%
198 Forest of Dean South West 29%
199 East Staffordshire West Midlands 29%
200 Nottingham East Midlands 29%
201 Hastings South East 29%
202 North Devon South West 29%
203 West Suffolk East of England 29%
204 Staffordshire Moorlands West Midlands 28%
205 Wyre North West 28%
206 Newcastle-under-Lyme West Midlands 28%
207 Gateshead North East 28%
208 Adur South East 28%
209 Swindon South West 28%
210 Cumberland North West 28%
211 North East Derbyshire East Midlands 28%
212 East Suffolk East of England 28%
213 Crawley South East 28%
214 Plymouth South West 28%
215 Broadland East of England 27%
216 Bradford Yorkshire and The Humber 27%
217 Bolton North West 27%
218 Isle of Wight South East 27%
219 Gloucester South West 27%
220 Folkestone and Hythe South East 27%
221 Broxbourne East of England 27%
222 Southend-on-Sea East of England 27%
223 St. Helens North West 27%
224 Dover South East 27%
225 Blackburn with Darwen North West 27%
226 Chesterfield East Midlands 27%
227 Leicester East Midlands 27%
228 County Durham North East 27%
229 North Northamptonshire East Midlands 27%
230 Gravesham South East 27%
231 Havant South East 27%
232 Middlesbrough North East 26%
233 Rochdale North West 26%
234 Arun South East 26%
235 Lincoln East Midlands 26%
236 Thanet South East 26%
237 Wolverhampton West Midlands 26%
238 North Norfolk East of England 26%
239 Peterborough East of England 26%
240 Thurrock East of England 26%
241 Ipswich East of England 26%
242 Torridge South West 26%
243 South Tyneside North East 26%
244 Telford and Wrekin West Midlands 26%
245 Wyre Forest West Midlands 26%
246 Erewash East Midlands 26%
247 Redditch West Midlands 26%
248 Braintree East of England 26%
249 Wigan North West 26%
250 Medway South East 26%
251 Bassetlaw East Midlands 26%
252 Maldon East of England 25%
253 Pendle North West 25%
254 Torbay South West 25%
255 Hyndburn North West 25%
256 Dudley West Midlands 25%
257 Redcar and Cleveland North East 25%
258 North Warwickshire West Midlands 25%
259 Hartlepool North East 25%
260 Gosport South East 25%
261 Oldham North West 25%
262 Basildon East of England 25%
263 Sunderland North East 25%
264 Nuneaton and Bedworth West Midlands 24%
265 Harlow East of England 24%
266 Tameside North West 24%
267 Burnley North West 24%
268 Wakefield Yorkshire and The Humber 24%
269 Halton North West 24%
270 North Lincolnshire Yorkshire and The Humber 24%
271 Knowsley North West 24%
272 Walsall West Midlands 24%
273 Swale South East 24%
274 Barnsley Yorkshire and The Humber 23%
275 King's Lynn and West Norfolk East of England 23%
276 Rotherham Yorkshire and The Humber 23%
277 Breckland East of England 23%
278 Rochford East of England 23%
279 Cannock Chase West Midlands 23%
280 Doncaster Yorkshire and The Humber 23%
281 Sandwell West Midlands 23%
282 Blackpool North West 23%
283 Mansfield East Midlands 22%
284 Tamworth West Midlands 22%
285 Stoke-on-Trent West Midlands 22%
286 Kingston upon Hull, City of Yorkshire and The Humber 22%
287 Bolsover East Midlands 22%
288 North East Lincolnshire Yorkshire and The Humber 22%
289 Ashfield East Midlands 22%
290 East Lindsey East Midlands 22%
291 South Holland East Midlands 20%
292 Tendring East of England 20%
293 Fenland East of England 19%
294 Boston East Midlands 19%
295 Castle Point East of England 18%
296 Great Yarmouth East of England 18%

Census 2021; share of all residents aged 16 and over, including retirees.