LONDON, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- More than half of London's working age people are university graduates, a report by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed Friday.
A total of 56 percent of people aged 21 and over living in the British capital have degrees, said ONS. The region with the lowest number of graduates among their population is north east England with just 33 percent of the working age population holding degrees, added ONS.
The ONS study shows male university graduates in Britain are more likely to have a high or upper-middle skill job than their female classmates.
When it comes to pay packets, male grads earn 4 U.S. dollars an hour on average more than their female opposites.
There has been a steady increase in the number of graduates in Britain over the past decade, said ONS.
Of 34 million working age people, aged between 21 and 64, a total of 14 million, or 42 percent were university graduates, while 3 million, or 8 percent, had no qualifications at all.
On average the unemployment level among graduates was 3 percent, with the highest level of graduate unemployment in London at a rate of 4 percent. Both levels are lower than the national unemployment rate.
Figures also show that graduates working in jobs not considered as needing a university degree has risen from 41 percent in 2002 to a current level 49 percent.
