Share with a degree: highest and lowest councils in South East (2021)

Elmbridge had the highest share of residents with a degree-level qualification of South East’s 64 councils in 2021, at 52.1%.

Swale had the lowest, at 23.7%. The middle council, Basingstoke and Deane, had 35.2%.

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Degree-level qualifications for every council in South East, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	Elmbridge	52.1%
2	Oxford	48.1%
3	Waverley	46.6%
4	Wokingham	46.2%
5	Windsor and Maidenhead	45.0%
6	Winchester	44.9%
7	Woking	44.7%
8	Brighton and Hove	44.5%
9	Epsom and Ewell	44.3%
10	Guildford	44.1%
11	Vale of White Horse	44.0%
12	South Oxfordshire	43.6%
13	Mole Valley	43.1%
14	Hart	41.4%
15	Tunbridge Wells	41.1%
16	Buckinghamshire	41.0%
17	Reading	40.4%
18	Reigate and Banstead	40.2%
19	Surrey Heath	39.2%
=20	East Hampshire	38.7%
=20	Mid Sussex	38.7%
22	West Oxfordshire	38.3%
23	Tandridge	37.4%
24	Sevenoaks	37.3%
25	Chichester	37.2%
=26	Horsham	37.0%
=26	West Berkshire	37.0%
28	Milton Keynes	35.8%
29	Test Valley	35.7%
30	Bracknell Forest	35.6%
31	Runnymede	35.3%
32	Basingstoke and Deane	35.2%
33	Cherwell	35.1%
=34	Lewes	34.8%
=34	Slough	34.8%
36	Spelthorne	33.6%
37	Fareham	33.4%
=38	Canterbury	33.1%
=38	Eastleigh	33.1%
40	Wealden	32.6%
41	Tonbridge and Malling	32.5%
42	Dartford	32.4%
43	Worthing	31.7%
44	Southampton	31.6%
45	New Forest	31.2%
46	Ashford	30.1%
47	Portsmouth	30.0%
=48	Maidstone	29.9%
=48	Rother	29.9%
=50	Eastbourne	29.8%
=50	Rushmoor	29.8%
52	Hastings	28.6%
53	Adur	27.9%
54	Crawley	27.5%
=55	Folkestone and Hythe	27.4%
=55	Isle of Wight	27.4%
57	Dover	27.0%
58	Gravesham	26.7%
59	Havant	26.5%
60	Arun	26.4%
61	Thanet	26.3%
62	Medway	25.6%
63	Gosport	24.8%
64	Swale	23.7%

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