The table shows the proportion of the working age population in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear Local Education Authority, and the North East region qualified to at least level 4, 3, 2, below Level 2 and with no qualifications.
These estimates are taken from the Annual Population Survey (APS). The APS sample is not large enough to provide estimates for smaller geographies such as constituencies, but it is suitable for Local Education Areas estimates. However, please note that these estimates are subject to sampling variability and should therefore be treated with caution and viewed in conjunction with their Confidence Intervals (CIs), which indicate how accurate an estimate is. For example, a CI of +/- 2.7 percentage points (pp) means that the true value is between 2.7pp above the estimate and 2.7pp below the estimate.
Estimates of qualification levels in regions and local areas from 2000 to 2008 are published on the Further Education Data Service website at:
http://www.thedataservice.org/uk/NR/rdonlyres/AC4DC94B-54F2-4F31-A7FF-E4E08C2210C4/0/TABLES FORWEBAPSsupplementarytablesbroken downbylocallevelrevised25Aug.xls
The 2009 estimates are due to be published in July this year.
Proportion with highest qualification level at: Area 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2008 95 per cent. Confidence Interval (percentage points) Level 4 or above North East 18.5 19.4 20.8 21.9 21.4 22.7 24.3 23.9 +/- 0.8 Newcastle Upon Tyne 25.0 26.0 28.0 26.9 24.6 27.9 30.4 27.3 +/- 27 Tyne and Wear 19.0 20.6 21.5 21.6 21.1 23.0 25.1 24.1 +/- 1.2 Level 3 or above North East 37.8 38.7 39.7 41.0 41.2 43.6 45.0 44.8 +/- 0.9 Newcastle Upon Tyne 43.9 46.7 47.2 45.4 44.3 51.2 52.6 52.0 +/- 3.0 Tyne and Wear 38.3 40.4 40.4 40.7 40.6 42.7 45.4 45.3 +/- 1.4 Level 2 or above North East 60.2 61.5 62.0 63.9 65.5 67.2 68.5 68.7 +/- 0.8 Newcastle Upon Tyne 63.6 67.3 65.1 64.6 66.2 70.8 70.1 71.1 +/- 2.7 Tyne and Wear 60.8 63.1 61.8 63.2 65.0 66.1 68.5 68.5 +/- 1.3 Below level 2 North East 20.1 20.1 20.2 19.1 19.1 18.7 17.7 17.9 +/- 0.7 Newcastle Upon Tyne 16.8 14.8 16.9 16.2 17.6 16.9 16.5 15.6 +/- 2.2 Tyne and Wear 19.8 19.6 20.7 19.6 20.2 19.4 17.8 18.1 +/- 1.1 No qualifications North East 19.7 18.3 17.9 17.0 15.4 14.2 13.8 13.4 +/- 0.6 Newcastle Upon Tyne 19.6 17.8 18.0 19.2 16.2 12.3 13.3 13.3 +/- 2.0 Tyne and Wear 19.4 17.3 17.5 17.2 14.8 14.5 13.7 13.4 +/- 0.9 Base: 16 to 59/64-year-olds. Source: Annual Population Survey