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

Western Ward (Porirua City)

2018 2013
Qualification level Number % Wellington Region % Number % Wellington Region % 2013 - 2018
No qualification 1,629 20.8 14.1 1,650 24.6 16.0 -21
Level 1 certificate 933 11.9 9.4 930 13.9 10.8 +3
Level 2 certificate 900 11.5 9.5 816 12.2 10.6 +84
Level 3 certificate 954 12.2 12.3 681 10.2 11.1 +273
Level 4 certificate 738 9.4 7.5 675 10.1 8.7 +63
Level 5 diploma 426 5.5 4.5 264 3.9 4.1 +162
Level 6 diploma 303 3.9 4.8 285 4.3 4.9 +18
Bachelor degree and level 7 qualification 996 12.7 17.5 804 12.0 17.7 +192
Post graduate and honours degrees 393 5.0 8.1 150 2.2 4.6 +243
Masters degree 222 2.8 5.8 162 2.4 4.6 +60
Doctorate degree 30 0.4 1.4 18 0.3 1.2 +12
Overseas secondary school qualification 288 3.7 5.0 258 3.9 5.7 +30
Not elsewhere included 603 7.7 5.1 1,149 17.2 10.4 -546
Total 7,815 100.0 100.0 6,696 100.0 100.0 +1,119

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