Lewisham District : Educational Level: Graduate

Educational Level: Graduate

Data cube chart.

Year Graduate Not graduate
1951 1,586 Show data context 93,050 Show data context
1961 4,682 Show data context 179,718 Show data context
1971 8,377 Show data context 116,459 Show data context
1981 13,305 Show data context 163,072 Show data context
1991 18,170 Show data context 151,620 Show data context
2001 53,881 Show data context 129,253 Show data context
2011 83,127 Show data context 135,622 Show data context
2021 120,832 Show data context 72,639 Show data context
Date Source
1951 1951 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 25 , 'Occupied Population in 3 Age Sections by 5 Terminal Education Ages', for 'AC, Urban Area with population of 50,000 or more, Urban Remainder'
1961 1961 Census of England and Wales, Education, Table 4 , 'Population aged 25 and over by 7 Terminal Education Age groups (10% sample)', for 'AC, LAA, Con Centres, NT'
1971 UK Data Service, Census 1971 data (Table SAS23: "SEG and economic position (10% Sample): Economically Active residents")
1981 UK Data Service, Census 1981 data (SAS48: "Qualifications: Qualified manpower (10% sample): Residents aged 18 and over")
1991 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table S84 Qualified manpower (10% sample): Residents aged 18 and over)
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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This classification of industry is that used by the 2021 Census, and forms the basic for our standardisation of historical information on industrial structure. The modern data are a classification of workers by their employers' business and count them by their place of work. However, before 1951 they are counted by place of residence, and before 1921 workers have to be classified by their individual occupations.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Lewisham District through time | Historical Statistics on Learning & Language | Educational Level: Graduate, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 05th June 2026