Education

26% of people aged 16 and over had a university degree or professional qualification.

That’s 1.1 million people.

1.2 million people had no qualifications. This number includes people aged 16 and over who might still be studying.

The City of Edinburgh was Scotland's most qualified council area.

Among Edinburgh residents aged 16 and over:

• 41% had a university degree, professional qualification, or higher
• 17% had no qualifications

17% of people in West Dunbartonshire had university or professional qualifications. This was the lowest in Scotland.

East Ayrshire had the highest proportion of people with no qualifications, at 34%.

The African ethnic group was more qualified than other ethnic groups.

55% of people aged 16 and over in the African ethnic group had a university or professional qualification.

The White ethnic group category had the lowest proportion of adults with university or professional education. 27% of people who listed their ethnic group as White reported no university or professional qualification.

People who had recently arrived in the UK were generally more qualified.

Just 10% of people aged 16 and over who arrived in the UK between 2001 and 2011 had no qualifications.

This is compared to 28% of people born in the UK who had no qualifications.