Share of people aged 16 to 64 with no qualifications in Tower Hamlets
Share of people aged 16 to 64 with no qualifications in Tower Hamlets was 5.5% in 2025, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is down 3.2 pts from 2024.
Share of people aged 16 to 64 with no qualifications in Tower Hamlets, 2022 to 2025
All 4 values
| Period | % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.5 |
| 2024 | 8.7 |
| 2023 | 9.5 |
| 2022 | 7.4 |
Compared with London
| Place | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Tower Hamlets | 5.5 |
| London | 5.2 |
Definition
People aged 16 to 64 who hold no formal qualification, as a percentage of all people aged 16 to 64, under the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) questions of the Annual Population Survey of the Office for National Statistics, January to December. United Kingdom regions and local authorities.
A survey estimate with wide margins of error for local authorities, so year to year moves of a few points are often noise. The RQF series starts in 2022 and is not comparable with the older NVQ series.
How to cite
Office for National Statistics. Annual Population Survey: % with no qualifications (RQF), aged 16 to 64, January to December (ONS, Nomis NM_17_5, variable 1947). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_17_5.data.json?geography=TYPE480,TYPE424&variable=1947&measures=20599&time=2022-12,latest. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
Citation styles
APA 7
Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). (2026). Annual Population Survey: % with no qualifications (RQF), aged 16 to 64, January to December (ONS, Nomis NM_17_5, variable 1947) (Share of people aged 16 to 64 with no qualifications, Tower Hamlets, 2022 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_17_5.data.json?geography=TYPE480,TYPE424&variable=1947&measures=20599&time=2022-12,latest
MLA 9
Annual Population Survey: % with no qualifications (RQF), aged 16 to 64, January to December (ONS, Nomis NM_17_5, variable 1947), Share of people aged 16 to 64 with no qualifications, Tower Hamlets, 2022 to 2025. Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom), 21 July 2026, https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_17_5.data.json?geography=TYPE480,TYPE424&variable=1947&measures=20599&time=2022-12,latest. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/no-qualifications-share-16-64/tower-hamlets-uk. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). 2026. Annual Population Survey: % with no qualifications (RQF), aged 16 to 64, January to December (ONS, Nomis NM_17_5, variable 1947). Share of people aged 16 to 64 with no qualifications, Tower Hamlets, 2022 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_17_5.data.json?geography=TYPE480,TYPE424&variable=1947&measures=20599&time=2022-12,latest. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/no-qualifications-share-16-64/tower-hamlets-uk.
Harvard
Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom) (2026) Annual Population Survey: % with no qualifications (RQF), aged 16 to 64, January to December (ONS, Nomis NM_17_5, variable 1947), Share of people aged 16 to 64 with no qualifications, Tower Hamlets, 2022 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_17_5.data.json?geography=TYPE480,TYPE424&variable=1947&measures=20599&time=2022-12,latest, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/no-qualifications-share-16-64/tower-hamlets-uk (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{office_share_of_people_aged_2025,
author = {{Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom)}},
title = {{Annual Population Survey: \% with no qualifications (RQF), aged 16 to 64, January to December (ONS, Nomis NM\_17\_5, variable 1947): Share of people aged 16 to 64 with no qualifications, Tower Hamlets, 2022 to 2025}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM_17_5.data.json?geography=TYPE480,TYPE424&variable=1947&measures=20599&time=2022-12,latest},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/no-qualifications-share-16-64/tower-hamlets-uk. Publisher attribution: Office for National Statistics. Annual Population Survey: \% with no qualifications (RQF), aged 16 to 64, January to December (ONS, Nomis NM\_17\_5, variable 1947). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/api/v01/dataset/NM\_17\_5.data.json?geography=TYPE480,TYPE424\&variable=1947\&measures=20599\&time=2022-12,latest. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
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Questions
What is the share of people aged 16 to 64 with no qualifications in Tower Hamlets?
Share of people aged 16 to 64 with no qualifications in Tower Hamlets was 5.5% in 2025, according to the Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). That is down 3.2 pts from 2024.
Where does this figure come from?
Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom). Annual Population Survey: % with no qualifications (RQF), aged 16 to 64, January to December (ONS, Nomis NM_17_5, variable 1947). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.
What was the highest share of people aged 16 to 64 with no qualifications in Tower Hamlets?
9.5% in 2023, the highest value since 2022 in this series.
Share of people aged 16 to 64 with no qualifications elsewhere in London
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