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 (Lower Hutt City)

2018 2013
Qualification level Number % Wellington Region % Number % Wellington Region % 2013 - 2018
No qualification 1,374 10.9 14.1 1,347 11.8 16.0 +27
Level 1 certificate 1,125 8.9 9.4 1,242 10.9 10.8 -117
Level 2 certificate 1,308 10.3 9.5 1,335 11.7 10.6 -27
Level 3 certificate 1,341 10.6 12.3 1,206 10.5 11.1 +135
Level 4 certificate 1,092 8.6 7.5 1,251 10.9 8.7 -159
Level 5 diploma 696 5.5 4.5 591 5.2 4.1 +105
Level 6 diploma 678 5.4 4.8 645 5.6 4.9 +33
Bachelor degree and level 7 qualification 2,421 19.1 17.5 2,037 17.8 17.7 +384
Post graduate and honours degrees 1,050 8.3 8.1 483 4.2 4.6 +567
Masters degree 690 5.4 5.8 468 4.1 4.6 +222
Doctorate degree 216 1.7 1.4 180 1.6 1.2 +36
Overseas secondary school qualification 672 5.3 5.0 645 5.6 5.7 +27
Not elsewhere included 417 3.3 5.1 837 7.3 10.4 -420
Total 12,663 100.0 100.0 11,436 100.0 100.0 +1,227

Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings 2013 and 2018.
Stats NZ data quality rating: Moderate