In 2018/19 there were a total of just over 8,700 Apprentices of which:
Number of Apprenticeship learners by gender

57% were male and 43% female,
Number of Apprenticeship learners by age

32% were aged 16 to 18, 37% 19 to 23 and 31% 24 plus, years,
Number of Apprenticeship learners by disability

10% were recorded as having a disability
Number of Apprenticeship learners by ethnicity

and about a fifth from a BME background
Concentration of learners in deprived areas
No particular correlation is evident between concentrations of Apprentices by postcode and levels of deprivation by output area.
Number of Apprenticeship learners by postcode

Ranking of deprivation by output area

Side-by-side comparison
Number of Apprenticeship learners by postcode

Ranking of deprivation by output area
