Official Statistics

Rural skills statistics

Rural skills.

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Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
31 January 2013
Last updated
4 April 2022 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Rural skills

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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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Updates to this page

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

  1. Latest data on skills in rural areas.

  2. Published today, latest rural statistics on skills

  3. Published today, latest rural analysis on skills.

  4. Updated with 2015 data for workplace based skills

  5. Published today, updated statistics on skills in rural and urban areas.

  6. We’ve changed how we’ve organised rural statistics and updated the content following Lord Cameron’s review of rural proofing.

  7. First published.

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