And although there has been an increase in the education level of Islanders since the last Census a decade ago, Jersey is still well ahead of the UK in the key measure of working-age adults without qualifications.
The UK has recorded a figure of 12 per cent of unqualified adults, compared to 20 per cent in Jersey.
But that figure still shows a marked increase on the 34 per cent reported in Jersey’s 2001 Census.
