Highest qualification achieved
Wellington City
| 2018 | 2013 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualification level | Number | % | Wellington Region % | Number | % | Wellington Region % | 2013 - 2018 | ||
| No qualification | 12,690 | 7.8 | 14.1 | 12,975 | 8.9 | 16.0 | -285 | ||
| Level 1 certificate | 9,867 | 6.1 | 9.4 | 10,176 | 7.0 | 10.8 | -309 | ||
| Level 2 certificate | 11,997 | 7.4 | 9.5 | 12,852 | 8.8 | 10.6 | -855 | ||
| Level 3 certificate | 22,647 | 13.9 | 12.3 | 20,430 | 14.0 | 11.1 | +2,217 | ||
| Level 4 certificate | 8,286 | 5.1 | 7.5 | 8,823 | 6.0 | 8.7 | -537 | ||
| Level 5 diploma | 6,030 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 5,655 | 3.9 | 4.1 | +375 | ||
| Level 6 diploma | 7,200 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 6,804 | 4.7 | 4.9 | +396 | ||
| Bachelor degree and level 7 qualification | 37,959 | 23.3 | 17.5 | 36,024 | 24.7 | 17.7 | +1,935 | ||
| Post graduate and honours degrees | 19,047 | 11.7 | 8.1 | 10,272 | 7.0 | 4.6 | +8,775 | ||
| Masters degree | 14,589 | 9.0 | 5.8 | 10,362 | 7.1 | 4.6 | +4,227 | ||
| Doctorate degree | 3,327 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 2,607 | 1.8 | 1.2 | +720 | ||
| Overseas secondary school qualification | 8,988 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 9,093 | 6.2 | 5.7 | -105 | ||
| Not elsewhere included | 7,257 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 11,919 | 8.2 | 10.4 | -4,662 | ||
| Total | 162,624 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 146,070 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +16,554 |
Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings 2013 and 2018.
Stats NZ data quality rating: Moderate