Sunderland District : Age at Termination of Education

Age at Termination of Education

Data cube chart.

Qualifications Held 2001 2011 2021
No academic qualifications 91,579 Show data context 86,505 Show data context
1-4 GCSE/O-Levels, etc 37,609 Show data context 35,248 Show data context 24,529 Show data context
5+ GCSE/O-Levels, etc 38,302 Show data context 36,935 Show data context 33,508 Show data context
2+ A-Levels, etc 14,044 Show data context 27,289 Show data context 38,653 Show data context
Degree 24,695 Show data context 41,337 Show data context 55,498 Show data context
Date Source
2001 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table UV024, Qualifications (6 way))
2011 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table QS501UK - Highest level of qualification)
2021 Office for National Statistics, ONS "Create a Custom Dataset" (Highest level of qualification (8 way))

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Housing density, simplified to under 1 person per room, 1 to 1.5, and over 1.5. Data for these categories can be computed for districts in England and Wales for all censuses from 1931 onwards, but for Scotland they can only be computed for 1971 on.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Sunderland District through time | Historical Statistics on Learning & Language | Age at Termination of Education, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 07th June 2026