Migrants are more likely to have graduated from university than citizens born in England and Wales across every single age group, census figures suggest.
And experts say that the end of free movement post-Brexit is likely to further increase the proportion of highly educated new migrants.
Earlier findings from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that 44 per cent of adult residents born outside the UK had a higher education qualification at the time of the 2021 census, compared with 31 per cent of UK-born residents.
The new data – which are split by age and sex for the first time – show that non-European Union migrants are more likely to have qualifications at level 4 or above than citizens born in England and Wales at every single age from 21 to 90 and above.
