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

Paraparaumu Ward

2018 2013
Qualification level Number % Kāpiti Coast District % Number % Kāpiti Coast District % 2013 - 2018
No qualification 3,075 18.7 17.0 3,039 21.4 19.5 +36
Level 1 certificate 2,139 13.0 12.5 2,124 15.0 14.2 +15
Level 2 certificate 1,950 11.9 11.0 1,755 12.4 11.8 +195
Level 3 certificate 1,737 10.6 9.7 1,089 7.7 7.3 +648
Level 4 certificate 1,569 9.6 9.2 1,617 11.4 11.0 -48
Level 5 diploma 819 5.0 5.1 612 4.3 4.4 +207
Level 6 diploma 948 5.8 6.2 771 5.4 6.2 +177
Bachelor degree and level 7 qualification 1,893 11.5 13.1 1,470 10.4 12.2 +423
Post graduate and honours degrees 780 4.7 6.0 369 2.6 3.1 +411
Masters degree 492 3.0 4.0 303 2.1 3.1 +189
Doctorate degree 108 0.7 1.0 60 0.4 0.8 +48
Overseas secondary school qualification 921 5.6 5.3 972 6.9 6.2 -51
Not elsewhere included 804 4.9 5.0 1,578 11.1 10.8 -774
Total 16,425 100.0 100.0 14,181 100.0 100.0 +2,244

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