Department for Children, Families and Schools

Education and Skills in Your Area - Government Office Region: North West

England > North West Region

Adult Education

Percentage of People of Working Age Qualified to at least Level 2 Metadata

2000/012006/07% points difference
Allerdale District56.267.611.4
Barrow-in-Furness District62.763.50.8
Blackburn with Darwen District56.958.61.7
Blackpool District55.860.44.6
Bolton District64.768.84.1
Burnley District5461.47.4
Bury District65.767.61.9
Carlisle District63.976.612.7
Chester District67.372.24.9
Chorley District6869.71.7
Congleton District76.175.9-0.2
Copeland District5868.210.2
Crewe and Nantwich District62.467.14.7
Eden District6473.79.7
Ellesmere Port and Neston District64.668.23.6
Fylde District69.278.18.9
Halton District57.360.22.9
Hyndburn District59.164.55.4
Knowsley District47.855.57.7
Lancaster District66.271.85.6
Liverpool District54.860.55.7
Macclesfield District6979.610.6
Manchester District59.866.16.3
Oldham District58.459.91.5
Pendle District52.16512.9
Preston District60.766.65.9
Ribble Valley District76.480.33.9
Rochdale District60.762.11.4
Rossendale District61.569.88.3
Salford District58.363.35.0
Sefton District64.567.83.3
South Lakeland District66.175.79.6
South Ribble District69.674.75.1
St. Helens District60.7643.3
Stockport District6772.95.9
Tameside District56.861.85.0
Trafford District66.176.410.3
Vale Royal District64.6705.4
Warrington District63.871.37.5
West Lancashire District62.7630.3
Wigan District59.1622.9
Wirral District64.369.75.4
Wyre District68.173.25.1
North West Region61.7675.3
England63.368.24.9

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Percentage of People of Working Age Qualified to Level 4 and above Metadata

2000/012006/07% points difference
Allerdale District13.618.44.8
Barrow-in-Furness District12.521.69.1
Blackburn with Darwen District16.220.34.1
Blackpool District12.4185.6
Bolton District2223.41.4
Burnley District1222.510.5
Bury District23.725.11.4
Carlisle District22.1241.9
Chester District32.8363.2
Chorley District29.624.3-5.3
Congleton District32.239.77.5
Copeland District1925.16.1
Crewe and Nantwich District21.521.4-0.1
Eden District17.126.29.1
Ellesmere Port and Neston District2026.96.9
Fylde District24.330.46.1
Halton District15.916.20.3
Hyndburn District16.712.4-4.3
Knowsley District1015.65.6
Lancaster District25.2337.8
Liverpool District18.320.11.8
Macclesfield District32.340.88.5
Manchester District24.630.35.7
Oldham District16.719.83.1
Pendle District13.515.82.3
Preston District22.828.96.1
Ribble Valley District32.248.216.0
Rochdale District2221.1-0.9
Rossendale District20.322.32.0
Salford District17.522.24.7
Sefton District21.825.94.1
South Lakeland District23.83612.2
South Ribble District23.727.74.0
St. Helens District19.622.32.7
Stockport District23.730.46.7
Tameside District14.518.94.4
Trafford District29.935.96.0
Vale Royal District24.434.29.8
Warrington District24.832.27.4
West Lancashire District1820.22.2
Wigan District16.320.54.2
Wirral District23.124.91.8
Wyre District2323.20.2
North West Region2125.44.4
England23.528.34.8

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National Summary

The percentage of people of working age who were qualified to at least Level 2 in 2006/07 was 68.2 per cent this is up from 63.3 per cent in 2000/01.

The percentage of people of working age who were qualified to Level 4 and above in 2006/07 was 28.3 per cent this is up from 23.5 per cent in 2000/01.


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