Official Statistics

Rural skills statistics

Rural skills.

Applies to England

Documents

Rural skills

Details

Analysis of skills by work place and residence base in rural and urban areas.

These documents are part of the larger compendium publication the Statistical Digest of Rural England, a collection of rural statistics on a wide range of social and economic government policy areas. The statistics allow comparisons between the different rural and urban area classifications.

Metadata

Indicators:

  • percentage of working age population with at least one qualification

  • percentage of working age population with at least National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) ( level 2 (or equivalent) or above

  • percentage of working age population with at NVQ level 4 (or equivalent)

  • proportion of employees and self-employed of working age receiving on the job training

Data source: Office for National Statistics Labour Force Survey

Coverage: England

Rural classification used: Rural urban local authority classification 2011

Next release date: tbc

Additional information:

Defra statistics: rural

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Published 31 January 2013
Last updated 4 April 2022 + show all updates
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