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

Northern Ward (Porirua City)

2018 2013
Qualification level Number % Porirua City % Number % Porirua City % 2013 - 2018
No qualification 1,695 9.8 17.7 1,713 11.2 20.9 -18
Level 1 certificate 1,749 10.1 11.1 1,818 11.9 13.3 -69
Level 2 certificate 1,830 10.5 11.3 1,866 12.3 12.2 -36
Level 3 certificate 1,935 11.1 12.6 1,443 9.5 10.0 +492
Level 4 certificate 1,563 9.0 8.8 1,554 10.2 9.2 +9
Level 5 diploma 894 5.1 4.9 768 5.0 4.2 +126
Level 6 diploma 1,158 6.7 4.8 966 6.3 4.7 +192
Bachelor degree and level 7 qualification 3,093 17.8 13.8 2,790 18.3 13.6 +303
Post graduate and honours degrees 1,581 9.1 6.1 747 4.9 3.1 +834
Masters degree 960 5.5 3.6 660 4.3 2.9 +300
Doctorate degree 186 1.1 0.6 141 0.9 0.5 +45
Overseas secondary school qualification 735 4.2 4.7 756 5.0 5.5 -21
Not elsewhere included 513 3.0 6.3 975 6.4 14.2 -462
Total 17,382 100.0 100.0 15,228 100.0 100.0 +2,154

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