Educational Level: Graduate
| Year | Graduate | Not graduate |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 |
625
|
19,323
|
| 1961 |
2,359
|
40,308
|
| 1971 |
5,834
|
35,560
|
| 1981 |
8,164
|
58,365
|
| 1991 |
9,860
|
64,270
|
| 2001 |
23,575
|
54,600
|
| 2011 |
38,669
|
56,441
|
| 2021 |
47,035
|
39,787
|
| 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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A University of Aberdeen project directed by Clive Lee systematically re-worked county-level occupation/industry data from all censuses 1841-1971 to the 1968 Standard Industrial Classification, distinguishing males and females. Lee calculated two alternative sets of data, Series A and Series B. Series A is for all individual Registration Counties and follows the nineteenth century censuses approach of grouping distributive workers with those involved in manufacturing the same items. Series B is for Administrative C...
ounties and is closely modeled on employment classifications used in the 1970s so sector 23 ('Distributive Trades') is much larger. Not all individual administrative county data are listed. Scottish counties were aggregated to the 1975-1996 regions and Welsh counties were grouped into 'Glamorgan and Monmouthshire' and 'North and West Wales'. As these are derived data, we hold Lee's data only for actual counties and nations already in our system.