Education by Ethnic Group, age 16+, Census 2022

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Aberdeen City

Aberdeenshire

Moray

Scotland

Highest Level of Education by Ethnic Group,
people aged 16+ in Aberdeen City, Census 2022

Ethnic Group	No Quals	School Quals*	Apprentice-ship	Further or sub-degree Higher Education	Degree or Above	Total (aged 16+)
White Scot/Brit	12% 21,006	28% 46,868	7% 12,331	11% 18,735	28% 46,940	145,880
White Other	6% 1,438	22% 5,657	2% 530	12% 3,091	42% 10,680	21,396
Mixed or Multiple	3% 107	19% 751	2% 61	6% 244	30% 1,185	2,348
Asian	6% 765	15% 1,905	1% 106	6% 745	49% 6,428	9,949
African	1% 102	9% 776	1% 50	5% 429	53% 4,744	6,101
Caribbean or Black	5% 26	23% 126	2% 9	10% 55	42% 230	446
Other	6% 212	13% 477	1% 52	7% 236	48% 1,730	2,707
Total	11% 23,657	25% 56,553	6% 13,139	11% 23,538	32% 71,942	188,827

Highest Level of Education by Ethnic Group,
people aged 16+ in Aberdeenshire, Census 2022

Ethnic Group	No Quals	School Quals*	Apprentice-ship	Further or sub-degree Higher Education	Degree or Above	Total (aged 16+)
White Scot/Brit	15% 29,867	31% 62,145	11% 21,014	14% 27,192	30% 59,023	199,241
White Other	9% 986	26% 2,755	4% 407	14% 1,509	47% 5,030	10,687
Mixed or Multiple	4% 45	29% 302	4% 40	15% 155	48% 491	1,033
Asian	14% 302	21% 449	1% 30	9% 198	55% 1,205	2,184
African	3% 28	14% 114	1% 11	4% 35	76% 609	797
Caribbean or Black	9% 17	28% 56	2% 4	14% 27	50% 99	203
Other	16% 143	21% 183	2% 19	9% 83	51% 446	874
Total	15% 31,388	31% 66,003	10% 21,531	14% 29,199	31% 66,900	215,024

Highest Level of Education by Ethnic Group,
people aged 16+ in Moray, Census 2022

Ethnic Group	No Quals	School Quals*	Apprentice-ship	Further or sub-degree Higher Education	Degree or Above	Total (aged 16+)
White Scot/Brit	17% 12,443	33% 24,085	10% 7,576	14% 10,139	26% 18,850	73,093
White Other	11% 327	28% 844	4% 109	13% 380	46% 1,383	3,043
Mixed or Multiple	9% 36	32% 133	3% 13	15% 61	41% 167	410
Asian	17% 125	26% 186	3% 23	8% 60	45% 320	714
African	5% 6	34% 37	6% 7	9% 10	57% 63	123
Caribbean or Black	8% 8	44% 42	15% 14	10% 10	25% 24	98
Other ethnic group	16% 45	24% 65	9% 26	8% 22	42% 117	275
Total	17% 12,993	33% 25,393	10% 7,762	14% 10,680	27% 20,922	77,750

Highest Level of Education by Ethnic Group,
people aged 16+ in Scotland, Census 2022

Ethnic Group	No Quals	School Quals*	Apprentice-ship	Further or sub-degree Higher Education	Degree or Above	Total (aged 16+)
White Scot/Brit	18% 701,367	31% 1,231,402	8% 335,694	13% 538,325	30% 1,186,726	3,993,514
White Other	8% 22,000	24% 64,809	3% 7,399	13% 34,255	53% 144,021	272,484
Mixed or Multiple	6% 2,131	30% 10,940	3% 906	12% 4,502	49% 17,537	36,016
Asian	13% 21,979	24% 38,953	1% 2,105	10% 15,548	52% 84,550	163,135
African	8% 3,345	21% 8,362	2% 753	12% 4,829	57% 22,922	40,211
Caribbean or Black	10% 532	29% 1,590	3% 187	14% 796	44% 2,416	5,521
Other ethnic group	16% 6,057	23% 8,486	2% 722	10% 3,759	50% 18,681	37,705
Total	17% 757,417	30% 1,364,545	8% 347,762	13% 602,020	32% 1,476,851	4,548,589

Please note, the figures above are for all people aged 16 or older. If the cut-off age was 22 (for example), the proportion of people with qualifications would be slightly higher, because many apprenticeships, further education courses and degrees are not completed until age 18-22. However, as people aged 16-18 make up 3% of the population across Scotland, or 8% for age 16-22 (see Table UV102a), the maximum difference is likely to be only a few percentage points.

Data Source:  2022, Census tables UV501 and UV201b. Link.