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

Urban Ward

2018 2013
Qualification level Number % Masterton District % Number % Masterton District % 2013 - 2018
No qualification 3,999 26.9 24.8 3,867 30.3 27.8 +132
Level 1 certificate 2,010 13.5 13.4 1,992 15.6 15.6 +18
Level 2 certificate 1,662 11.2 11.3 1,578 12.3 12.5 +84
Level 3 certificate 1,659 11.1 10.8 969 7.6 7.6 +690
Level 4 certificate 1,659 11.1 11.1 1,518 11.9 11.8 +141
Level 5 diploma 714 4.8 4.9 459 3.6 4.0 +255
Level 6 diploma 723 4.9 5.2 621 4.9 5.2 +102
Bachelor degree and level 7 qualification 1,299 8.7 9.8 1,023 8.0 9.0 +276
Post graduate and honours degrees 483 3.2 3.7 207 1.6 1.9 +276
Masters degree 210 1.4 1.7 135 1.1 1.2 +75
Doctorate degree 45 0.3 0.4 21 0.2 0.3 +24
Overseas secondary school qualification 423 2.8 2.8 390 3.1 3.0 +33
Not elsewhere included 1,041 7.0 6.3 1,680 13.1 12.2 -639
Total 14,886 100.0 100.0 12,783 100.0 100.0 +2,103

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