Census: What is your highest secondary school qualification?, Apart from secondary school qualifications do you have another completed qualification?, and What is your highest qualification?

Highest qualification achieved

Wellington Region

2018 2013
Qualification level Number % Bay of Plenty Region % Number % Bay of Plenty Region % 2013 - 2018
No qualification 55,359 14.1 20.3 55,083 16.0 24.5 +276
Level 1 certificate 36,936 9.4 12.9 37,284 10.8 15.3 -348
Level 2 certificate 37,299 9.5 10.6 36,333 10.6 11.2 +966
Level 3 certificate 48,441 12.3 10.4 38,241 11.1 7.7 +10,200
Level 4 certificate 29,649 7.5 11.3 29,766 8.7 11.7 -117
Level 5 diploma 17,547 4.5 5.5 14,103 4.1 4.6 +3,444
Level 6 diploma 18,846 4.8 5.6 16,737 4.9 5.6 +2,109
Bachelor degree and level 7 qualification 68,739 17.5 11.8 60,717 17.7 10.3 +8,022
Post graduate and honours degrees 31,956 8.1 4.5 15,963 4.6 2.0 +15,993
Masters degree 22,908 5.8 2.2 15,765 4.6 1.5 +7,143
Doctorate degree 5,325 1.4 0.4 4,083 1.2 0.4 +1,242
Overseas secondary school qualification 19,836 5.0 4.4 19,650 5.7 5.1 +186
Not elsewhere included 20,061 5.1 7.4 35,580 10.4 14.8 -15,519
Total 392,847 100.0 100.0 343,731 100.0 100.0 +49,116

Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings 2013 and 2018.
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