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

Lower Hutt City

2018 2013
Qualification level Number % Wellington Region % Number % Wellington Region % 2013 - 2018
No qualification 14,100 17.9 14.1 14,166 20.5 16.0 -66
Level 1 certificate 8,529 10.8 9.4 8,775 12.7 10.8 -246
Level 2 certificate 8,247 10.4 9.5 7,821 11.3 10.6 +426
Level 3 certificate 9,096 11.5 12.3 6,747 9.8 11.1 +2,349
Level 4 certificate 6,780 8.6 7.5 6,954 10.1 8.7 -174
Level 5 diploma 3,876 4.9 4.5 2,877 4.2 4.1 +999
Level 6 diploma 3,627 4.6 4.8 3,186 4.6 4.9 +441
Bachelor degree and level 7 qualification 11,883 15.1 17.5 9,645 14.0 17.7 +2,238
Post graduate and honours degrees 4,566 5.8 8.1 2,055 3.0 4.6 +2,511
Masters degree 3,291 4.2 5.8 2,124 3.1 4.6 +1,167
Doctorate degree 876 1.1 1.4 702 1.0 1.2 +174
Overseas secondary school qualification 4,053 5.1 5.0 3,903 5.7 5.7 +150
Not elsewhere included 4,476 5.7 5.1 8,292 12.0 10.4 -3,816
Total 78,921 100.0 100.0 68,952 100.0 100.0 +9,969

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