« Previous | Contents | Next »
Listen
Table 24: Proportion of 18-29 year olds whose highest qualification was below SCQF level 6, 2006-2007
Geography
(Residence Based) | 2006 | 2007 |
|---|
Proportion | Proportion |
|---|
Scotland | 29.8% | 29.8% |
|---|
Local Authority Area |
|---|
Aberdeen City | 22.3% | 20.5% |
|---|
Aberdeenshire | 38.0% | 32.2% |
|---|
Angus | 32.7% | 30.4% |
|---|
Argyll & Bute | 38.5% | 31.4% |
|---|
Clackmannanshire | 41.6% | 44.6% |
|---|
Dumfries & Galloway | 38.0% | 39.0% |
|---|
Dundee City | 27.8% | 30.0% |
|---|
East Ayrshire | 37.3% | 33.6% |
|---|
East Dunbartonshire | 18.0% | 20.3% |
|---|
East Lothian | 37.9% | 35.2% |
|---|
East Renfrewshire | 23.0% | 16.0% |
|---|
Edinburgh, City of | 17.5% | 17.1% |
|---|
Eilean Siar | * | 38.5% |
|---|
Falkirk | 35.3% | 31.0% |
|---|
Fife | 30.6% | 37.7% |
|---|
Glasgow City | 29.1% | 29.4% |
|---|
Highland | 30.2% | 25.2% |
|---|
Inverclyde | 39.1% | 43.3% |
|---|
Midlothian | 31.9% | 36.2% |
|---|
Moray | 39.2% | 39.7% |
|---|
North Ayrshire | 36.2% | 32.9% |
|---|
North Lanarkshire | 39.4% | 36.1% |
|---|
Orkney Islands | * | * |
|---|
Perth & Kinross | 29.2% | 35.0% |
|---|
Renfrewshire | 29.3% | 31.0% |
|---|
Scottish Borders | 31.1% | 32.5% |
|---|
Shetland Islands | * | * |
|---|
South Ayrshire | 33.4% | 33.8% |
|---|
South Lanarkshire | 32.0% | 32.6% |
|---|
Stirling | 24.5% | 26.5% |
|---|
West Dunbartonshire | 34.0% | 26.5% |
|---|
West Lothian | 34.6% | 36.0% |
|---|
Deprivation |
|---|
15% Most Deprived Areas | 50.3% | 49.5% |
|---|
Rest of Scotland | 25.6% | 25.7% |
|---|
Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold) |
|---|
Large Urban Areas | 26.2% | 25.5% |
|---|
Other Urban Areas | 33.4% | 33.0% |
|---|
Accessible Small Towns | 37.5% | 38.1% |
|---|
Remote Small Towns | 39.6% | 34.4% |
|---|
Accessible Rural | 25.9% | 32.1% |
|---|
Remote Rural | 33.0% | 33.9% |
|---|
Enterprise Region |
|---|
Highlands & Islands | 33.4% | 30.9% |
|---|
Rest of Scotland | 29.6% | 29.7% |
|---|
* - Estimate is below reliability threshold (See Annex A for more details).
In 2007, Clackmannanshire had the highest estimated proportion (44.6%) and East Renfrewshire had the lowest estimated proportion (16.0%).
In 2007, the proportion of 18-29 year olds whose highest qualification was below SCQF level 6 in the 15% most deprived areas was estimated to be 49.5%, higher than that for the rest of Scotland at 25.7%.
Table 25 shows graduates as a proportion of those in employment aged 25-59/64. In 2007, it was estimated that graduates made up 24.9% of the workforce aged 25-59/64.
« Previous | Contents | Next »