Share with a degree: highest and lowest councils in North West (2021)

Trafford had the highest degree-level qualifications of North West’s 35 councils in 2021, at 43.0%.

Blackpool had the lowest, at 22.5%. The middle council, Rossendale, had 30.7%.

Degree-level qualifications for every council in North West, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	Trafford	43.0%
2	Ribble Valley	39.7%
=3	Cheshire East	37.6%
=3	Manchester	37.6%
=3	Stockport	37.6%
6	Cheshire West and Chester	35.7%
7	Fylde	34.5%
8	Chorley	33.8%
9	Salford	33.5%
10	Westmorland and Furness Worked out by Open Index by adding up the census output areas in this area, because the census was published on the boundaries before this council changed.	33.1%
11	Warrington	33.0%
=12	Bury	32.3%
=12	Lancaster	32.3%
14	South Ribble	32.0%
15	Preston	31.7%
16	Wirral	31.5%
17	Liverpool	30.8%
18	Rossendale	30.7%
19	West Lancashire	30.0%
20	Sefton	29.9%
21	Wyre	28.3%
22	Cumberland Worked out by Open Index by adding up the census output areas in this area, because the census was published on the boundaries before this council changed.	27.6%
23	Bolton	27.4%
24	St. Helens	27.2%
25	Blackburn with Darwen	26.8%
26	Rochdale	26.4%
27	Wigan	25.8%
28	Pendle	25.4%
29	Hyndburn	25.2%
30	Oldham	24.6%
31	Tameside	24.4%
32	Burnley	24.3%
33	Halton	23.9%
34	Knowsley	23.8%
35	Blackpool	22.5%