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

Central Ward (Lower Hutt City)

2018 2013
Qualification level Number % Lower Hutt City % Number % Lower Hutt City % 2013 - 2018
No qualification 2,202 16.1 17.9 2,199 18.1 20.5 +3
Level 1 certificate 1,332 9.8 10.8 1,407 11.6 12.7 -75
Level 2 certificate 1,293 9.5 10.4 1,311 10.8 11.3 -18
Level 3 certificate 1,482 10.9 11.5 1,170 9.6 9.8 +312
Level 4 certificate 969 7.1 8.6 1,065 8.8 10.1 -96
Level 5 diploma 579 4.2 4.9 507 4.2 4.2 +72
Level 6 diploma 732 5.4 4.6 597 4.9 4.6 +135
Bachelor degree and level 7 qualification 2,529 18.5 15.1 2,121 17.4 14.0 +408
Post graduate and honours degrees 843 6.2 5.8 378 3.1 3.0 +465
Masters degree 666 4.9 4.2 441 3.6 3.1 +225
Doctorate degree 153 1.1 1.1 126 1.0 1.0 +27
Overseas secondary school qualification 852 6.2 5.1 843 6.9 5.7 +9
Not elsewhere included 669 4.9 5.7 1,443 11.9 12.0 -774
Total 13,635 100.0 100.0 12,156 100.0 100.0 +1,479

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