# Share with a degree: highest and lowest councils in Wales (2021)

Cardiff had the highest degree-level qualifications of Wales’s 22 councils in 2021, at 40.0%.

Blaenau Gwent had the lowest, at 21.6%. The middle council, Pembrokeshire, had 31.2%.

| Rank | Area | Degree-level qualifications |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Cardiff](https://openindex.co.uk/cardiff) | 40.0% |
| 2 | [Monmouthshire](https://openindex.co.uk/monmouthshire) | 39.4% |
| 3 | [Vale of Glamorgan](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan) | 37.3% |
| 4 | [Ceredigion](https://openindex.co.uk/ceredigion) | 35.3% |
| 5 | [Gwynedd](https://openindex.co.uk/gwynedd) | 34.5% |
| 6 | [Swansea](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea) | 32.8% |
| 7 | [Conwy](https://openindex.co.uk/conwy) | 32.4% |
| 8 | [Isle of Anglesey](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-anglesey) | 32.3% |
| 9 | [Powys](https://openindex.co.uk/powys) | 31.9% |
| 10 | [Carmarthenshire](https://openindex.co.uk/carmarthenshire) | 31.3% |
| 11 | [Pembrokeshire](https://openindex.co.uk/pembrokeshire) | 31.2% |
| 12 | [Newport](https://openindex.co.uk/newport) | 31.0% |
| 13 | [Denbighshire](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire) | 30.4% |
| 14 | [Bridgend](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend) | 30.0% |
| 15 | [Flintshire](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire) | 29.2% |
| 16 | [Wrexham](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham) | 29.1% |
| 17 | [Torfaen](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen) | 26.8% |
| 18 | [Rhondda Cynon Taf](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf) | 26.7% |
| 19 | [Neath Port Talbot](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot) | 25.8% |
| 20 | [Caerphilly](https://openindex.co.uk/caerphilly) | 25.3% |
| 21 | [Merthyr Tydfil](https://openindex.co.uk/merthyr-tydfil) | 25.0% |
| 22 | [Blaenau Gwent](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent) | 21.6% |

Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, ONS Census 2021. Covers England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Period: 2021. Period: 2021.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [England, Wales and Northern Ireland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/degree-level-qualifications/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/degree-level-qualifications/england)
- [Northern Ireland](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/degree-level-qualifications/northern-ireland)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/degree-level-qualifications/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/degree-level-qualifications/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/degree-level-qualifications/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/degree-level-qualifications/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/degree-level-qualifications/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/degree-level-qualifications/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/degree-level-qualifications/london)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/degree-level-qualifications/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/degree-level-qualifications/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/degree-level-qualifications)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/degree-level-qualifications)

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