Education Attainment Data

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Description

This dataset contains population by area and education level. Data is available for the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland).

Questions answered by this dataset

How is the number of people in Plymouth with trade apprenticeships changing over time?
How many people in England had a higher education degree in 2004?
What is the current number of persons at each education level in Eastern Scotland?

Metrics

Population: The number of people living in the area who match the given dimensions.

Filters

Area (Nation, Country, NUTS1, NUTS3, and LAU1)
Education level (8 levels)
Year

Core LMI Metadata

This dataset is offered via the Core LMI API. The metadata for this Core LMI API dataset is below.

Attribute	Description
Dataset ID	`EMSI.uk.EducationalAttainment`
Dataset URL	`https://agnitio.emsicloud.com/meta/dataset/EMSI.uk.EducationalAttainment/{version}`

Area Aggregation Path

The area aggregation path refers to the hierarchy that shows how data is aggregated, starting from the lowest-level geography and progressing to the highest-level geography.

The levels in the aggregation path include:

		Aggregation Path
		1	2	3	4
Level	1	Nation	Metropolitan US	Nation	Metropolitan US
	2	State	MSA	State	MSA
	3	County	County	County	County
	4	Zip Code	Zip Code	Census Tract	Census Tract

Datasets with lower granularity aggregates only up to Level 1

Versions

http://agnitio.emsicloud.com/meta/dataset/EMSI.uk.EducationalAttainment/2025.1

Metrics

[
{
  "name": "Population.2006"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2007"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2008"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2009"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2010"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2011"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2012"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2013"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2014"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2015"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2016"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2017"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2018"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2019"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2020"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2021"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2022"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2023"
},
{
  "name": "Population.2024"
}
]

Dimensions

[
{
  "name": "Area",
  "levelsStored": [
     "0",
     "1",
     "2",
     "3",
     "4"
  ]
},
{
  "name": "EducationLevel",
  "levelsStored": [
     "0",
     "1"
  ]
}
]

Attributes

{
"minYearInclusive": "2006",
"name": "EducationalAttainment",
"type": "dataset",
"path": "EducationalAttainment",
"maxYearInclusive": "2024",
"currentYear": "2024",
"countryCode": "uk",
"datarun": "2025.1",
"displayName": "UK Education Attainment",
"description": "# Description\n\nThis dataset contains population by area and education level. Data is available for the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland).\n\n# Questions answered by this dataset\n\n* How is the number of people in Plymouth with trade apprenticeships changing over time?\n* How many people in England had a higher education degree in 2004?\n* What is the current number of persons at each education level in Eastern Scotland?\n\n# Metrics\n\n* Population: The number of people living in the area who match the given dimensions.\n\n# Filters\n\n* Area (Nation, Country, NUTS1, NUTS3, and LAU1)\n* Education level (8 levels)\n* Year\n",
"releaseDate": "2025-08-18 13:35:19.9001005Z"
}

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