Education by Country of Birth, Census 2022

Please click on the place names below for relevant charts and tables for people aged 16+. Or, scroll down for Scotland-wide data for people aged 25+.

Aberdeen City

Aberdeenshire

Moray

Scotland

Highest Level of Education by Country of Birth,
people aged 16+ in Aberdeen City, Census 2022

Country of Birth (region)	No Quals	School Quals*	Apprentice-ship	Further or sub-degree Higher Education	Degree or Above	Total (aged 16+)
UK	14% 21,053	32% 47,390	8% 12,309	13% 18,805	32% 47,344	146,901
Europe (excl. UK)	7% 1,433	28% 5,658	3% 539	15% 3,110	48% 9,768	20,508
Africa	3% 191	13% 925	1% 94	8% 585	76% 5,580	7,375
Middle East and Asia	8% 826	17% 1,809	1% 123	7% 724	67% 6,929	10,411
Americas and Caribbean	4% 126	22% 677	2% 55	9% 275	64% 2,013	3,146
Oceania and Other	5% 23	19% 93	4% 21	8% 39	63% 307	483
Total	13% 23,657	30% 56,553	7% 13,139	12% 23,538	38% 71,942	188,829

Highest Level of Education by Country of Birth,
people aged 16+ in Aberdeenshire, Census 2022

Country of Birth (region)	No Quals	School Quals*	Apprentice-ship	Further or sub-degree Higher Education	Degree or Above	Total (aged 16+)
UK	15% 29,843	31% 61,742	11% 20,932	14% 26,942	29% 58,322	197,781
Europe (excl. UK)	10% 960	28% 2,795	4% 393	15% 1,528	44% 4,405	10,081
Africa	4% 82	20% 409	3% 58	11% 227	63% 1,290	2,066
Middle East and Asia	14% 394	21% 598	2% 60	9% 259	55% 1,579	2,890
Americas and Caribbean	5% 86	21% 345	3% 46	11% 180	60% 1,002	1,659
Oceania and Other	4% 22	23% 124	6% 34	12% 64	55% 301	545
Total	15% 31,387	31% 66,003	10% 21,531	14% 29,199	31% 66,900	215,022

Highest Level of Education by Country of Birth,
people aged 16+ in Moray, Census 2022

Country of Birth (region)	No Quals	School Quals*	Apprentice-ship	Further or sub-degree Higher Education	Degree or Above	Total (aged 16+)
UK	17% 12,392	33% 23,852	10% 7,522	14% 10,011	26% 18,534	72,311
Europe (excl. UK)	11% 358	30% 949	5% 150	14% 450	40% 1,266	3,173
Africa	5% 27	25% 144	4% 22	15% 83	52% 293	569
Middle East and Asia	18% 160	27% 240	3% 29	8% 74	44% 393	896
Americas and Caribbean	5% 33	24% 145	5% 29	7% 43	58% 351	601
Oceania and Other	9% 18	32% 68	6% 12	10% 20	42% 88	206
Total	17% 12,993	33% 25,393	10% 7,762	14% 10,680	27% 20,922	77,750

Highest Level of Education by Country of Birth,
people aged 16+ in Scotland, Census 2022

Country of Birth (region)	No Quals	School Quals*	Apprentice-ship	Further or sub-degree Higher Education	Degree or Above	Total (aged 16+)
UK	15% 63,292	32% 132,984	10% 40,771	13% 55,757	30% 124,199	417,003
Europe (excl. UK)	8% 2,761	28% 9,396	3% 1,080	15% 5,090	46% 15,434	33,761
Africa	3% 303	15% 1,478	2% 174	9% 895	72% 7,162	10,012
Middle East and Asia	10% 1,380	19% 2,639	1% 211	7% 1,056	63% 8,901	14,187
Americas and Caribbean	5% 244	22% 1,167	2% 134	9% 500	62% 3,366	5,411
Oceania and Other	5% 63	23% 290	5% 67	10% 124	56% 697	1,241
Total	14% 68,035	31% 147,955	9% 42,432	13% 63,417	33% 159,763	481,602

Please note, the figures above are for all people aged 16 or older, even though many apprenticeships, further education courses and degrees are not completed until age 18-22. Unfortunately, relevant data is not available by age and country of birth for different local authorities, though this data is available for age and ethnicity (see the charts and tables here). However, the data for Scotland as a whole (below) is interesting. While the percentage of people with degrees increases in most groups, it decreases slightly for those born in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, possibly because many people from those areas are living in Scotland . This might indicate that a large proportion of

Data Source:  2022, Census tables UV501 and UV204b. Link.