KS13 Qualifications and students
 | Bedford | Mid Beds | South Beds | Bedfordshire | Luton | EAST | ENGLAND AND WALES |
| All people aged 16 - 74 | 106897 | 88020 | 81362 | 276279 | 131660 | 3884104 | 37607438 |
| Percentage of people with: |
| No qualifications | 25.64 | 23.06 | 26.18 | 24.98 | 31.3 | 27.94 | 29.08 |
| Highest qualification attained |
| level 1 | 17.42 | 18.98 | 20.42 | 18.80 | 18.82 | 18.21 | 16.57 |
| level 2 | 19.87 | 22.11 | 21.97 | 21.20 | 19.63 | 20.54 | 19.38 |
| level 3 | 8.14 | 7.63 | 7.36 | 7.75 | 8.18 | 7.94 | 8.27 |
| level 4/5 | 21.77 | 20.85 | 16.3 | 19.87 | 15.03 | 18.14 | 19.76 |
| level unknown | 7.16 | 7.37 | 7.77 | 7.41 | 7.04 | 7.23 | 6.94 |
| Total number of full-time students and schoolchildren |
| aged 16 - 17 | 3127 | 2315 | 2224 | 7666 | 4086 | 102840 | 1014284 |
| aged 18 - 74 | 4714 | 2438 | 1597 | 8749 | 7760 | 121618 | 1634708 |
| Percentage of full-time students aged 18 - 74: |
| Economically active: | In employment | 35.32 | 35.4 | 52.1 | | 37.96 | 36.35 | 33.05 |
| Unemployed | 5.22 | 2.13 | 3.32 | | 8.47 | 3.98 | 5.1 |
| Economically inactive | 59.46 | 62.47 | 44.58 | | 53.57 | 59.66 | 61.84 |
Updated 30th June 2010
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