City of Edinburgh council area. Every figure carries its own date.
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City of Edinburgh
17 mapped electoral wards · May 2026. The same wards are available in the named list below. These are council boundaries, not police neighbourhoods.
People aged 16+ with a degree or higher ranged from 37.9% in Liberton/Gilmerton to 65.9% in Morningside — a gap of 28 percentage points.
20 March 2022 · 17 of 17 current wards with comparable figures.
Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work. Scotland uses its own qualification categories.
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These are separate ward percentages, not an average of them. Boundaries: May 2026. Missing or differently defined figures are excluded from this range and stay visible on the ward pages.
People aged 16+ with a degree or higher · 20 March 2022
